CHI to NOLA via NYC

Yesterday's show was a lot of fun, with drummer Simon Lott as a call-in guest. Hooray for technology! It was a little crazy to have Matthew back in the studio too, especially since we were playing some of his music. Giddiness abounds!

This show was very relaxed and a nice build-up to next week's show when we'll follow Zing! on their Louisiana/Mississippi tour and get down and dirty in the New Orleans scene and find out what's happening there in the post-Katrina landscape. Get ready to rock out to some phenomenal music! There is, of course, the potential for call-in craziness from New Orleans next week, as well. (I may have to get really familiar with the "Dump" button for the 8-second delay really quickly!) Tune in and partake in the revelry.

As promised, here are some pictures of the Monika H Band performing at Reggie's here in Chicago this past winter:

Monika H. and Simon Lott


Monika H Band: Grey McMurray, Simon Lott, Monika Heidemann, Rob Jost


After the show, Simon Lott with Zing!'s Caroline Davis


Grey McMurray, guitarist for Monika H Band with Matthew Golombisky

4/20/08 Podcast

The 4/20/08 show is now up and you can listen to it (as well as the previous shows) here or just click on the title of this post and follow the link. Once you're there, click "View" to listen to each podcast. It will also be up on this iTunes link shortly.

As I hope you're aware, most podcasts (and music, in general) sound better with headphones. Try it! On this particular podcast, you may notice that my voice is in mono due to something that went wrong during the recording of the original broadcast. The songs are all in stereo, however. C'est la vie!

4/27/08 Playlist

1. Maelstrom Trio “Do the Pepper Part II” (first 3:30 or so) live at 55 Bar, July 30, 2006
2. Monika H Band “Disguised as Umbrellas, We Slept” (4:10) from Disguised as Umbrellas, We Slept, soon to be released
3. Ursa Minor “Guerilla” (3:24) from in process, Smells Like Records, 2005
4. Barbarian Horde “Your Pleasure is Our Business” (6:44) from Your Pleasure is Our Business, self-released, 2007
5. Youngblood Brass Band “Waiver” (5:30) from Is That a Riot?, Layered Music, 2006
6. A Lott Moore Golombisky live improvisation (5:27) live at Chelsea’s June 9, 2005
7. Zing! “bad out” (5:42) from Magnetic Flux, ears&eyes Records, 2007

4/27/08 Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” April 20, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Hosts: Laurie Herbert & Matthew Golombisky
Guests: Simon Lott

(intro) Maelstrom Trio –

• PLAY: “Do the Pepper Part II” (first 3:30 or so) live at 55 Bar, July 30, 2006
• CONNECT: Skerik from Critters Buggin is in Maelstrom Trio
• PERFORMING: April 28 & 29 at the Hi-Ho Lounge for Saucefest; April 30 at the Megolomaniac’s Ball at the Howlin’ Wolf with Garage A Trois; May 4 at the Blue Nile – all in New Orleans
• MEMBERS: Simon Lott – drums/percussion; Brian Coogan – organ; Skerik - saxophone
• WEB: www.myspace.com/maelstromtrio

Monika H Band–

• PLAY: “Disguised as Umbrellas, We Slept” (4:10) from Disguised as Umbrellas, We Slept, soon to be released
  
• CONNECT: Simon Lott from Maelstrom Trio is in the Monika H. Band
• PERFORMING: April 29 at the Hi-Ho Lounge for Saucefest; April 30 at the Saturn Bar; May 4 at the Dragon’s Den – all in New Orleans
• MEMBERS: Monika Heidemann – vocals; Erik Deutsch – keys; Matt Clohesy – bass; Simon Lott – drums; Brandon Seabrook – guitar; Rob Jost - bass
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/monikahband or www.monikah.com
• TRIVIA: Simon Lott & Erik Deutsch are also in the Charlie Hunter Trio together
  

Ursa Minor–

• PLAY: “Guerilla” (3:24) from in process, Smells Like Records, 2005
• CONNECT: Rob Jost is in Ursa Minor
• PERFORMING: May 22 and May 27 at MBar in NYC
• MEMBERS: Michelle Casillas – vocals & guitar; Rob Jost – bass & vocals; Robert DiPietro – drums& vocals
• WEB: www.ursaminor.info or www.myspace.com/ursaminormusic

Barbarian Horde–

• PLAY: “Your Pleasure is Our Business” (6:4) from Your Pleasure is Our Business, self-released, 2007
• CONNECT: Rob Jost is in Barbarian Horde
• MEMBERS: Tony Barba – tenor sax; Eric Biondo – trumpet; Jesse Neuman – trumpet; Zach Lucas – alto sax; Alex Hamlin – baritone sax; Ryan Keberle – trombone; Mike Gamble – guitar; Rob Jost – bass; Shawn Trail – percussion; Rob DiPietro – percussion; Brook Martinez – drums. Additional members: Grey McMurray – guitar; Teddy Kumpel – guitar; Ryan Ferreira – guitar; Tony Kieraldo – keyboards; John Savage – alto sax; Simon Lott – drums
• WEB: www.barbariansmusic.com or www.myspace.com/thebarbarianhorde or www.anthonybarba.com or www.myspace.com/tonybarba

Youngblood Brass Band–

• PLAY: “Waiver” (5:30) from Is That a Riot?, Layered Music, 2006
• CONNECT: Tony Barba from the Barbarian Horde is in this band
• MEMBERS: D.H. Skogen – percussion/vocals; Tom Reschke – percussion; Conor Elmes – percussion; Moses Patrou – percussion; Jonah Gastor – percussion; Arian Macklin – sousaphone; Charley Wagner – trumpet; Mike Boman – trumpet; Tony Barba – saxophones; Zach Lucas – saxophones; Jerome Harper – trombone; Matt Hanzelka – trombone
• WEB: www.youngbloodbrassband.com or www.myspace.com/youngbloodbrass

A Lott Moore Golombisky –

• PLAY: live improvisation (5:27) live at Chelsea’s in Baton Rouge, LA on June 9, 2005
• CONNECT: Simon Lott from the Monika H. Band is in A Lott Moore Golombisky
• MEMBERS: Simon Lott – drums/percussion; Jason Moore – saxophone; Matthew Golombisky - bass
• WEB: www.myspace.com/spritzmuzic or www.myspace.com/whatuplaw or www.myspace.com/matthewgolombisky

Zing! –

• PLAY: "bad out" (5:42) from Magnetic Flux, ears&eyes Records, 2007
• CONNECT: Matthew Golombisky from A Lott Moore Golombisky is in Zing!
• PERFORMING: April 28 at The Comet in Cincinnati, OH; April 29 at Studio 121 in Jackson, MS; April 30 at the Blue Nile in New Orleans, LA; May 1 at Bennie’s Boom Boom Room in Hattiesburg, MS; May 3 at Bisbano’s in Lafayette, LA; May 4 at the Dragon’s Den in New Orleans, LA; May 5 at the Iron Post in Urbana, IL
• MEMBERS: James Davis – trumpet/effects; Caroline Davis – alto saxophone/effects; Dave Miller – guitar/effects; Quin Kirchner – drums/cymbals/percussion; Matthew Golombisky – electric bass/likable noise
• WEB: www.zingzingzing.com or www.myspace.com/zingmusic

4/13/08 Podcast

Sorry for the delay in getting the April 13 show up!  We were unable to record the live radio broadcast, so we had to recreate it.  So, here is the podcast.  You can also click the title of this post to reach it and it should be up soon on iTunes as well.  

It's all the same songs that I played on the original live broadcast, except I did switch out the song by Collage.  On the original broadcast, I was running short on time, so I played a shorter song from Collage called "November Song."  For this podcast, we put the original song I wanted to play back in.  It's called "Tricycle."  The other changes are that we have guests on this show (Sam Macy and Leslie Beukelman) who did not appear on the original live show and Matthew got to participate as well.

"Stay in the South, Stay in the South"*

Awwwww yeah for some killin' New Orleans funk this week!

Once again, I got to do the show by myself. And I got to pick all of the songs I liked and wanted to play. The power has gone to my head. Of course, it was a lot of fun! If you ever get the chance to have your own radio show, I highly recommend it. This was definitely my favorite show so far.

I finally got to relax enough to really listen to the songs as I played them instead of just focusing on working all of the equipment and I was definitely dancing and rocking out in the studio. A New Orleans-heavy show was perfect for that! All of these bands are phenomenal live. Make sure you check out the Show Notes posted below for performing dates and try to catch them live if you can. And then, DANCE! There's not enough dancing at live shows up here in the North/Midwest. Let us New Orleanians inspire you to change that! How can you not dance to these grooves?

The only down side was that the technical gods were against me today and there were ghosts in all of my machines. Something messed up with the board volume and it wasn't going out on the airwaves properly. Another DJ came in to the booth and tried to help me, but he couldn't figure it out either. Everything was set correctly; it just wasn't working. Thankfully, it came back on after a few seconds. Then, I couldn't get the phone line to go out over the airwaves. Simon Lott did call in and I talked to him - just not on air. We'll have him back on next week, probably, since we'll be playing some more of his stuff in the near future. He's an amazing drummer with several fantastic and greatly varied projects. Plus, he's a super-cool and nice guy and fun to talk to. So, we'll get him back on.

Adding to the mayhem, my iPod decided to shuffle itself when I played a couple of tracks so I started playing Simon Lott's Things when I meant to play the Hall Monitors, but I ended up working it all out in the end. No harm, no foul. Normally, I prefer to play off of CDs, so I can fade one track into another all pretty-like, but I had so much unreleased material to play this week that my iPod was the only way. Next time, I'll burn it all on individual CDs, if I have to. Much easier.

So, next week, Matthew will be back and we'll maybe play some of Simon Lott's stuff that connects with a bunch of cool music up in New York then work our way back to Chicago. After that, we'll be heading back to New Orleans via a touring Chicago band to coincide with the N.O. Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Rock it!

* Lee Dorsey

4/20/08 Playlist

1. Ed Breazeale Group “No Go” (first 1:30) from soon-to-be-released record
2. Leaf Bird “Deeply Dearly” (3:12), unreleased
3. Hall Monitors “Untitled” (7:00), release TBA
4. Renwicke “-ing!” (1:09) from It’s OK to Sit in the Middle of the Road Henry, 8bells Records, 2006
5. Pain Relief “yeah mb” (1:02), unreleased
6. Simon Lott’s Things “not to be confused w/ THAT beat” (3:53), unreleased
7. Lott/Coogan Duo live improvisation (7:49) from the 2nd Annual ears&eyes Festival on December 8, 2007
8. Charlie Hunter Trio “Balls” (4:57) from Mistico, Fantasy Records, 2007
9. Garage A Trois “Etienne” (5:19) from Outre Mer (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture), Telarc Records, 2005
10. Critters Buggin “Punk Rock Guilt” (4:50) from Stampede, Ropeadope Records, 2004
11. Maelstrom Trio “Do the Pepper Part II” (10:19) live performance at 55 Bar – July 30, 2006

4/20/08 Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” April 20, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Hosts: Laurie Herbert
Guests: no Simon Lott due to technical issues with the phone! (we’ll have him on next week instead)

(intro) Ed Breazeale Group –

• PLAY: “No Go” (first 1:30) from soon-to-be-released record on ears&eyes Records
• CONNECT: Sam Macy of Collage and Tomorrow Music Orchestra is in this group
• MEMBERS: Ed Breazeale, John Kregor, Doug Stone, Sam Macy, Dan Thatcher
• PERFORMING: April 25 & 26 at Andy’s Jazz Club – 11 E. Hubbard St.
• WEB: www.myspace.com/edbreazealegroup or www.edbreazeale.com
• TRIVIA: This band is now a quintet since John Kregor joined the group, but the record documents them as a quartet before Kregor.

Leaf Bird –

• PLAY: “Deeply Dearly” (3:12), unreleased
• CONNECT: Sam Macy of the Ed Breazeale Group is in Leaf Bird
• PERFORMING: April 22 at Chagas House – 2518 W. Augusta; May 28 at South Union Arts – 1352 S. Union
• MEMBERS: Tyler Beach, Sam Macy, Quin Kirchner, Dan Thatcher, Charles Gorczynski, Charles Rumback, Lola Mann
• WEB: www.myspace.com/tylerbeach

Hall Monitors –

• PLAY: “Untitled” (7:00), release TBA
• CONNECT: Quin Kirchner of Leaf Bird is in the Hall Monitors
• MEMBERS: Brigham Hall, Quin Kirchner, David Polk, Matthew Golombisky, Simon Lott
• WEB: www.thehallmonitors.com or www.myspace.com/thehallmonitors or www.earsandeyesrecords.com

Renwicke –

• PLAY: “-ing!” (1:09) from It’s OK to Sit in the Middle of the Road Henry, 8bells Records, 2006
• CONNECT: David Polk and Simon Lott of the Hall Monitors are in Renwicke
• PERFORMING: May 4 at the Dragon's Den in New Orleans with ZING! from Chicago
  
• MEMBERS: Brian McWhorter – trumpet; Jason Moore – tenor and alto saxophones and flute; Brad Walker – alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones and clarinet; David Polk – alto saxophone, guitar, keyboard, desktop; Simon Lott – drums and percussion
• WEB: www.renwicke.com or www.myspace.com/renwicke or www.8bells.org

Pain Relief –

• PLAY: “yeah mb” (1:02), unreleased
• CONNECT: Simon Lott is in Pain Relief
• MEMBERS: scrambler – guitar, electric bass, drums; Simon Lott – drums; special guests: Zeus – saxophone; Diamond Kinkade – keyboards
• WEB: www.myspace.com/wearepainrelief

Simon Lott’s Things –

• PLAY: “not to be confused w/ THAT beat” (3:53), unreleased
• CONNECT: Simon Lott
• MEMBERS: Rex Richardson – trumpet; Robert Nash – guitar; Simon Lott – drums, percussion, piano, vocals
• WEB: www.myspace.com/spritzmuzic

Lott/Coogan Duo –

• PLAY: live improvisation (7:49) from the 2nd Annual ears&eyes Festival on December 8, 2007
• CONNECT: Simon Lott of the Charlie Hunter Trio is one half of this duo
• MEMBERS: Simon Lott – drums/percussion; Brian Coogan - organ
• WEB: www.simonlott.com or www.myspace.com/briancooganmusic or www.myspace.com/spritzmuzic
• TRIVIA: also known as the Simon Coogan Duo

Charlie Hunter Trio –

• PLAY: “Balls” (4:57) from Mistico, Fantasy Records, 2007
• CONNECT: Simon Lott plays with the Charlie Hunter Trio
• MEMBERS: Charlie Hunter - guitar; Erik Deutsch - keyboards; Simon Lott - drums
• WEB: www.charliehunter.com or www.myspace.com/charliehuntertrio
• TRIVIA: Charlie Hunter is noted for playing custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he plays bass lines, guitar rhythm, and guitar lead simultaneously; gained notoriety with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (Michael Franti) in the early ‘90s

Garage A Trois –

• PLAY: “Etienne” (5:19) from Outre Mer (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture), Telarc Records, 2005
• CONNECT: Charlie Hunter is in Garage A Trois
• PERFORMING: April 30 at the Megalomaniac’s Ball at the Howlin’ Wolf; May 3 at One Eyed Jack’s and May 4 at d.b.a. – all in New Orleans
• MEMBERS: Stanton Moore – drums; Skerik – saxophone; Charlie Hunter – guitar; now also Marco Benevento – keyboards and Mike Dillon – vibraphone & percussion; occasionally John Medeski on keyboards
• WEB: www.garageatrois.com or www.myspace.com/garageatrois

Critters Buggin –

• PLAY: “Punk Rock Guilt” (4:50) from Stampede, Ropeadope Records, 2004
• CONNECT: Skerik and Mike Dillon of Garage A Trois is in Critters Buggin
• MEMBERS: Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion, piano, programming, synths, loops, samples, digital editing; Skerik – saxophone, keyboards, loops, samples, effects, guitar; Brad Houser – bass, bass clarinet, electronics; Mike Dillon – vibraphone, percussion (1998-present); John Bush - percussion, loops (1993-1994)
• WEB: www.crittersbuggin.com or www.myspace.com/crittersbuggin
• TRIVIA: Chamberlain, Houser, & Bush all played in Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians; Critters Buggin has a new DVD out

Maelstrom Trio –

• PLAY: “Do the Pepper Part II” (10:19) live at 55 Bar, July 30, 2006
• CONNECT: Skerik from Critters Buggin is in Maelstrom Trio
• PERFORMING: April 28 & 29 at the Hi-Ho Lounge for Saucefest; April 30 at the Megolomaniac’s Ball at the Howlin’ Wolf with Garage A Trois; May 4 at the Blue Nile – all in New Orleans
• MEMBERS: Simon Lott – drums/percussion; Brian Coogan – organ; Skerik - saxophone
• WEB: www.myspace.com/maelstromtrio

4/13/08 Playlist

1. Telefon Tel Aviv “I Lied” (first 1:30) from Map of What is Effortless, Hefty Records, 2004
2. Silences Sumire “Afterglowdust” (3:40) from Return is Selective, Ropeadope Digital Records, 2008
3. Spinach Prince “Frantic Session” (2:01), unreleased
4. Venus Light “Circus of the Night” (4:10), unreleased
5. Wosko/Faulds “Replies in the Form” (5:02) from . . . edited to form, ears&eyes Records, 2007
6. Tomorrow Music Orchestra “SlakeShore” (3:26) from neon jesus garage, ears&eyes Records, 2006
7. Jason Steele Ensemble “Alphabet Town” (4:58) from Some Wonderful Moment, ears&eyes Records, 2007
8. Eastern Blok “Tango Pajdusko” (5:40) from Folk Tales, self-released 2007
9. Matt Ulery’s Loom “Scott Free” (6:11) from Music Box Ballerina, Woolgathering Records, 2007
10. Information Superhighway “Warrior” (6:55) from First Morning, self-released 2006
11. Collage “November Song” (3:32) from Collage, self-released 2007
12. Ed Breazeale Group “No Go” (5:43) from soon-to-be-released record

4/13/08 Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” April 13, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Hosts: Laurie Herbert
Guests: none – we lost our voices!

(intro) Telefon Tel Aviv –

• PLAY: “I Lied” (first 1:30) from Map of What is Effortless, Hefty Records, 2004
• MEMBERS: Josh Eustis and Charles Cooper
• WEB: www.myspace.com/telefontelaviv or www.telefontelaviv.com or www.heftyrecords.com
• TRIVIA: formed in New Orleans in 1999; currently in studio working on 3rd record – Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Silences Sumire –

• PLAY: “Afterglowdust” (3:40) from Return is Selective, Ropeadope Digital Records, 2008
• CONNECT: Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv mixed/mastered this record
• PERFORMING: May 10 at AV-Aerie – 2000 W. Fulton Suite 310
• MEMBERS: Charles Gorczynski & Thomas Faulds
• WEB: www.myspace.com/silencessumire or www.silencessumire.com or www.earsandeyesrecords.com/silencessumire

Spinach Prince –

• PLAY: “Frantic Session” (2:01), unreleased
• CONNECT: Thomas Faulds and Charles Gorczynski of Silences Sumire are both members of Spinach Prince
• MEMBERS: Thomas Faulds, Elliot Ross, Dave Holloway, Chris Merrill, Tabitha Rae Lydon, Keith Masters, Charlie Gorczynski, Thad Franklin
• WEB: www.myspace.com/spinachprince

Venus Light –

• PLAY: “Circus of the Night” (4:10), unreleased
• CONNECT: Thomas Faulds & Tabitha Rae Lydon of Spinach Prince are members of Venus Light
• MEMBERS: Tabitha Rae Lydon – vocals; Thomas Faulds – electronics/percussion
• WEB: www.myspace.com/seevenuslight
• TRIVIA: All sounds are from first take vocal sessions, recorded live in bedrooms all over Chicago.

Wosko/Faulds –

• PLAY: “Replies in the Form” (5:02) from …edited to form, ears&eyes Records, 2007
• CONNECT: Thomas Faulds of Silences Sumire, Venus Light & Spinach Prince is in Wosko/Faulds
• MEMBERS: Thomas Faulds – electronics; Lilianna Wosko - cello
• WEB: www.myspace.com/cellobeats or www.earsandeyesrecords.com
• TRIVIA: All Wosko/Faulds music is made from live cello improvisations.

Tomorrow Music Orchestra –

• PLAY: “SlakeShore” (3:26) from neon jesus garage, ears&eyes Records, 2006
• CONNECT: Lilianna Wosko of Wosko/Faulds is in Tomorrow Music Orchestra
• MEMBERS: Matthew Golombisky – bass, Matthew McClimon – vibes, Caroline Davis – alto sax, Quin Kirchner – drums, Sam Macy – guitar, Katy Myers – cello, Hanna Mathey – violin/viola, Katie Wiegman – vibes, Doug Johnson – bass, James Davis – trumpet, Jonathon Kirk – trombone, Matt Oliphant – French horn, Lori Ashikawa – violin, Charles Gorczynski – soprano sax, Lilianna Wosko – cello, Jenny Swanson – flute, Rob Clearfield – accordian/piano, Kirstin Haaheim – bassoon, Pablo Chin – clarinet, Robin Clevenger – French horn, Dan Oestreicher – bari/bass sax, Mike Salter – bass clarinet, Sarah Rose – violin, Thad Franklin – trumpet/flugelhorn
• PERFORMING: May 7 at Sonotheque – 1444 W. Chicago with Costa Music
• WEB: www.myspace.com/tomorrowmusicorchestra or www.earsandeyesrecords.com/tmo.html

Jason Steele Ensemble –

• PLAY: “Alphabet Town” (4:58) from Some Wonderful Moment, ears&eyes Records, 2007
• CONNECT: Thad Franklin of Tomorrow Music Orchestra plays in JSE
• MEMBERS: Ron Miles – cornet; Thad Franklin – trumpet/flugelhorn, Joshua Sclar – tenor sax, Tim Sullivan – tenor sax/bass clarinet, Keith Johnson – Fender Rhodes, Matt Ulery – bass, Charles Rumback – drums, Jason Steele - guitar
• WEB: www.myspace.com/proceedtonumb or www.jasonsteelemusic.com or www.earsandeyesrecords.com/jse.html
• TRIVIA: “Alphabet Town” is a cover of Elliott Smith song

Eastern Blok –

• PLAY: “Tango Pajdusko” (5:40) from Folk Tales, self-released 2007
• CONNECT: Matt Ulery of Jason Steele Ensemble is in Eastern Blok
• MEMBERS: Goran Ivanovich – acoustic guitar, Doug Rosenberg – woodwinds, Matt Ulery – bass, Michael Caskey – drums/percussion
• WEB: www.myspace.com/easternblok or www.easternblok.net

Matt Ulery’s Loom –

• PLAY: “Scott Free” (4:50) from Music Box Ballerina, Woolgathering Records, 2007
• CONNECT: Matt Ulery of Jason Steele Ensemble and Eastern Blok; Thad Franklin of Jason Steele Ensemble and Tomorrow Music Orchestra and Rob Clearfield of Tomorrow Music Orchestra are in this band
• MEMBERS: Thad Franklin – trumpet/flugelhorn, Rob Clearfield – accordion/piano; Tim Haldeman – tenor saxophone, Jon Deitemyer – drums, Zach Brock – violin, Grazyna Auguscik – vocals, Matt Ulery – bass/tuba
• WEB: www.myspace.com/mattulerysloom or www.mattulery.com

Information Superhighway –

• PLAY: “Warrior” (5:53) from First Morning, self-released 2006
• CONNECT: Rob Clearfield of TMO and Matt Ulery’s Loom is in this group
• MEMBERS: Leslie Beukelman – vocals, Rob Clearfield – keyboards/guitar, Patrick Mulcahy – bass, John Smillie – drums
• WEB: www.myspace.com/informationsuperhighwaychicago

Collage –

• PLAY: “November Song” (3:32) from Collage, self-released 2007
• CONNECT: John Smillie of Information Superhighway is in Collage
• MEMBERS: Geof Bradfield – tenor and soprano saxophones/bass clarinet, Sam Macy – guitar, John Smillie – drums, Hyosub Kim – bass
• PERFORMING: May 7 at Pops for Champagne – 601 N. State (and every Wednesday in May)
• WEB: www.myspace.com/collagechicago

Ed Breazeale Group –

• PLAY: “No Go” (5:43) from soon-to-be-released record on ears&eyes Records
• CONNECT: Sam Macy of Collage and Tomorrow Music Orchestra is in this group
• MEMBERS: Ed Breazeale, John Kregor, Doug Stone, Sam Macy, Dan Thatcher
• PERFORMING: April 25 & 26 at Andy’s Jazz Club – 11 E. Hubbard St.
• WEB: www.myspace.com/edbreazealegroup or www.edbreazeale.com
• TRIVIA: This band is now a quintet since John Kregor joined the group, but the record documents them as a quartet before Kregor.

Sick, sick, sick

Well, Matthew and I are both sick, but I was well enough to do the show, unlike Matthew.  We skipped guests this week (sorry, Sam Macy!) because we weren't sure either of us would be up to too much talking.  We'll get Sam in the studio some other time.

The good news is that I got a crash course into how to do everything on my own.  I feel much better about running everything now.  The bad news is that the recording of today's show did not come out, so we'll have to recreate the show as a podcast in the next couple of days.

It's funny how it seems like there's a time warp when you're in the studio.  At first, it feels like you'll never be able to fill up your entire hour.  After I had played my 5th song (out of 12 I had lined up), I looked at the clock and only 15 minutes had gone by!  So, I decided I was probably rushing through it all and I should start talking more.  Of course, by the time I had 2 5-minute plus songs left to play, I only had 8 minutes left of the show.   I made a quick substitution to a shorter song and it all seemed to work out.  But I suspect the clock may be playing tricks on me - moving parabolically instead of linearly.   The clock in my Advanced Math class my Junior year of high school did the same thing.  I swear they squeezed a couple of extra weeks of trigonometry out of us based on that clock.  I'd still like that time back, Mrs. Lorentz!

04.06.08 PodCast

Click here or on the title of this post to listen to last Sunday's show. Then, once you're on that page, you have to click on "View" to listen.

4/6/08 Playlist

1. Algernon "Deactivate the Motion Sensor" (first 1:40) from Familiar Espionage, ears&eyes Records, 2007
2. Silences Sumire "Artistic Tendon" (3:14) from The Algernon Remixes, ears&eyes Records, 2007
3. Colorlist "Carbon Monoxide" (7:59) from Lists, Off Records, 2008
4. The Leaves "Ash Wednesday" (6:43) from Live at the Ice Factory, Fresh Produce Records, 2006
5. Costa Music "As I Go Beneath" (3:53) from Lighter Subjects, Stilll Records, 2008
6. L'Altra "It Follows Me Around" (4:26) from Different Days, Hefty Records, 2005
7. W.W. Lowman "Please don't think it's funny" (5:43) from Plain Songs, Arbouse Records, 2007
8. Lindsay Anderson "Two Steps" (4:35) from If, Minty Fresh Records, 2007
9. Telefon Tel Aviv "I Lied" (5:53) from Map of What is Effortless, Hefty Records, 2004

4/6/08 Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” April 6, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Hosts: Matthew Golombisky & Laurie Herbert
Guests: Charles Gorczynski, Lindsay Anderson, Dan Oestreicher


(intro) Algernon –

• PLAY: “Deactivate the Motion Sensor” (first 1:40) from Familiar Espionage, ears&eyes Records, 2007
  
• PERFORMING: April 18th - Green Apple Music Festival @ Kinetic Playground, 1113 W. Lawrence
  
• MEMBERS: Dave Miller & Nick Fryer - guitar; Katie Wiegman – vibes; Tom Perona – bass; Corey Healey – drums
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/algernonmusic or www.algernonmusic.com or www.earsandeyesrecords.com/algernon
  

Silences Sumire –

• PLAY: “Artistic Tendon” (3:14) from The Algernon Remixes, ears&eyes Records, 2007
  
• CONNECT: Silences Sumire recorded/remixed a whole EP of Algernon music
  
• PERFORMING: May 10th @ AV-Aerie, 2000 W. Fulton Suite 310
  
• MEMBERS: Charles Gorczynski & Thomas Faulds
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/silencessumire or www.silencessumire.com or www.earsandeyesrecords.com/silencessumire
  

Colorlist –

• PLAY: “Orchid” (5:42) from Lists, Off Records, 2008
  
• CONNECT: Charles Gorczynski of Silences Sumire is a member of Colorlist
  
• PERFORMING: April 6th (Tonight!) @ Hungry Brain, 10pm, 2319 W. Belmont
  
• MEMBERS: Charles Gorczynski & Charles Rumback
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/colorlist or www.colorlist.net or www.myspace.com/offlabel
  

The Leaves –

• PLAY: “Ash Wednesday” (6:43) from Live at the Ice Factory, Fresh Produce Records, 2006
  
• CONNECT: Charles Rumback & Charles Gorczynski of Colorlist are members of The Leaves
  
• MEMBERS: Charles Rumback: drums; Charles Gorczynski: sax; Tyler Beach: guitar; Dan Thatcher: bass
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/leaveschicago
  

Costa Music –

• PLAY: “As I Go Beneath” (3:53) from Lighter Subjects, Stilll Records, 2008
  
• CONNECT: Charles Rumback of Colorlist/The Leaves performs/tours with Costa Music
  
• PERFORMING: May 7th - CD release party for Lighter Subjects at Sonotheque, 1444 W. Chicago
  
• MEMBERS: Joseph Costa; Charles Rumback; Marc Hellner; many special guests
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/thecostamusic or www.costamusic.net or www.stilll.org
  

L’Altra –

• PLAY: “It Follows Me Around” (4:26) from Different Days, Hefty Records, 2005
  
• CONNECT: Joe Costa is a member of L’Altra
  
• MEMBERS: Lindsay Anderson, Joseph Costa, Kevin Duneman, W.W. Lowman
  
• WEB: www.laltramusic.com or www.myspace.com/laltra
  
• TRIVIA: labelmates with Telefon Tel Aviv at Hefty Records; Different Days was produced and recorded by Telefon Tel Aviv’s Josh Eustis; also, Fred Lonberg-Holm is on this record, the Costa Music record, the Lindsay Anderson record, and the W.W. Lowman record

W.W. Lowman –

• PLAY: “Please don’t think it’s funny” (5:43) from Plain Songs, Arbouse Records, 2007
  
• CONNECT: Lindsay Anderson is on this record
  
• MEMBERS: Bill Lowman, Frank Navin
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/wwlowman or www.wwlowman.com
  

Lindsay Anderson –

• PLAY: “Two Steps” (4:35) from If, Minty Fresh Records, 2007
  
• CONNECT: Lindsay Anderson performs on W.W. Lowman’s record and is a member of L’Altra
  
• PERFORMING: April 11th @ Morseland, 1218 W. Morse, with Helen Money
  
• WEB: www.myspace.com/lindsaychristina or www.lindsayanderson.net
  

Telfon Tel Aviv –

• PLAY: “I Lied” (5:53) from Map of What is Effortless, Hefty Records, 2004
• CONNECT: Josh Eustis mixed, mastered and/or produced Silences Sumire, L’Altra, and Lindsay Anderson records
• MEMBERS: Josh Eustis and Charles Cooper
• WEB: www.myspace.com/telefontelaviv or www.telefontelaviv.com or www.heftyrecords.com
• TRIVIA: formed in New Orleans in 1999; currently in studio working on 3rd record – Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

That was fun!

So, I think it went well, considering.  

Right?

For two people without much radio training and with 4 friends in the studio to distract us (Charlie Gorczynski & Lindsay Anderson from Chicago and Dan Oestreicher & Justin Peake in from New Orleans), it was not too shabby!

This being our first show, we were a little frazzled, to say the least.  But we managed to play some songs, get our voices out on the airwaves, and NOT say any of those 7 forbidden words.  I was worried that we might not have pushed some essential button and would be broadcasting dead air.  In fact, at one point, we made Justin go out to my car in the parking lot and listen to the broadcast on my stereo to make sure all was okay.  It was.  Thanks, Justin!

I was also disappointed that we ran a little long.  I wanted to talk to Diesel Dan longer than just having him shout "Aaaarrrrggghh!" into the microphone, but the show before us ran late and we should've just hustled them out of the way.  Next time, Lotus Beat!  (Actually, the Lotus Beat DJs were really nice.)  Then, we let ourselves get hustled by the Drama show people after us who faded our song and started their own show too early.  So, we live and learn and it'll be better next time.  There is a LOT of juggling involved and we're usually good multi-taskers, but this was all new to us.  In a couple of weeks, we'll have it mastered.  Or at least we'll be making fewer mistakes.

Hopefully, because I have to do it all by myself in a couple of weeks when Matthew heads down to New Orleans for Jazz Fest!  *sigh*  I'm jealous I don't get to go, but I'm also looking forward to being drunk with power when the show is mine, all MINE!

Thanks for listening and please keep tuning in!

OUR FIRST SHOW!!!

Okay, well.  That was a trip.  Laurie and I just finished our first set on WNUR.  And boy was it fun and crazy?!  It was.  First off, we don't have any real training on the board.  Though, I did get some guidance from some other DJs.  We had three mikes going, three guests, and lots of great music to play.  Trying to run the board and talking and paying attention and getting tracks cued up and asking interesting questions is quite a lot of stuff to do at one time.  

Regardless, I think it came out pretty good.  I mean, even with our little mistakes, the wonderful, wonderful music erased them all!!!  

I want to thank Charles Gorczynski (Silences Sumire, Colorlist, The Leaves), Lindsay Anderson (L'Altra, W.W. Lowman), and "Diesel" Dan Oestreicher (The Other Planets, Box 3) for coming in and talking a bit about what they do.  

Yayyyyy!

Oh yeah, and very soon, you'll be able to re-listen to our first show.  It'll show up pretty soon.  Keep your ear and eye open.  

And don't forget to tune-in next week.  We'll pick up from where we left off and continue to connect lots and lots o' dots.  Thanks!

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