6/8/08 Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” June 8, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Host: Laurie Herbert

(intro) Sticks & Stones –

• PLAY: “Colonial Mentality” (4:03) from Shed Grace, Thrill Jockey Records, 2004
• CONNECT: Josh Abrams
• MEMBERS: Josh Abrams – bass; Matana Roberts – alto saxophone & clarinet; Chad Taylor – drums
• WEB: www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=10042
• TRIVIA: cover of Fela Kuti song

Edith Frost –

• PLAY: “If It Weren’t For the Words” (3:39) from It’s a Game, Drag City Records, 2005
• CONNECT: Josh Abrams
• MEMBERS: Edith Frost – vocals and guitar; Ryan Hembrey – bass; Jason Toth – drums; Emmett Kelly – guitar; John Hasbrouck – guitar; Azita Youssefi – piano; Mark Greenberg – keyboards, bass, and drums; Dave Max Crawford – trumpet; Lindsay Anderson – keyboards and backing vocals; Rian Murphy
• WEB: www.edithfrost.com or www.myspace.com/edithfrost

Savath & Savalas –

• PLAY: “Te quiero pero por otro lado” (4:33) from Apropa’t, Warp Records, 2004
• CONNECT: Josh Abrams
• MEMBERS: Eva Puyuelo Muns; Scott Herren; Additional Personnel: Josh Abrams – bass; Paul Mertens – bass clarinet, flugelhorn, and harmonica; John Herndon – drums; John McEntire – synthesizer, bass, and drums; Dave Max Crawford – trumpet; Azita Youssefi – additional vocals
• WEB: www.warprecords.com/emails/savathandsavalas or www.myspace.com/savathysavalas1

Savath & Savalas –

• PLAY: “Estrella de Dos Caras” (4:31) from Golden Pollen, Anti, Inc., 2007
• CONNECT: Josh Abrams
• MEMBERS: Scott Herren - guitar; Additional Personnel: Josh Abrams – bass; Mia Doi Todd – vocals; Renée Baker – violin; Tomeka Reid – cello; Nicole Mitchell – flute; Greg Ward – clarinet; John McEntire – vibraphone; Laurence Pike – drums; Jose Gonzalez
• WEB: www.warprecords.com/emails/savathandsavalas or www.myspace.com/savathysavalas1

Sam Prekop –

• PLAY: “Faces and People” (7:00) from Sam Prekop, Thrill Jockey Records, 1999
• CONNECT: Josh Abrams and John McEntire
• MEMBERS: Sam Prekop – vocals, guitar, and piano; Archer Prewitt – guitar and piano; Jim O’Rourke – guitar, organ, bass and backing vocals; John McEntire – percussion; Julie Pomerleau – violin and viola; Rob Mazurek – cornet; Josh Abrams – piano and bass; Chad Taylor - percussion
• WEB: www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=10040 or www.myspace.com/samprekop

Sam Prekop –

• PLAY: “Something” (3:50) from Who’s Your New Professor?, Thrill Jockey Records, 2005
• CONNECT: Josh Abrams, John McEntire, Archer Prewitt, Chad Taylor, Rob Mazurek, and Sam Prekop
• MEMBERS: Sam Prekop – vocals, guitar, and piano; Josh Abrams – acoustic & electric bass and acoustic & electric piano; Archer Prewitt – guitar and piano; Rob Mazurek – cornet; Chad Taylor – drums; John McEntire – synthesizer and percussion
• WEB: www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=10040 or www.myspace.com/samprekop

Archer Prewitt –

• PLAY: “Go Away” (4:56) from Wilderness, Thrill Jockey Records, 2005
• CONNECT: Archer Prewitt
• MEMBERS: Sam Prekop – vocals, guitar, and piano; Josh Abrams – acoustic & electric bass and acoustic & electric piano; Archer Prewitt – guitar and piano; Rob Mazurek – cornet; Chad Taylor – drums; John McEntire – synthesizer and percussion
• WEB: www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=10005

The Coctails –

• PLAY: “Grace” (3:45) from Popcorn Box, Carrot Top Records, 2004 (originally released on Coctails in 1996 on Carrot Top Records)
• CONNECT: Archer Prewitt
• MEMBERS: Archer Prewitt - guitar, drums, bass, mellotron, piano, organ, harmonica, vocals; Mark Greenberg - bass, drums, vibraphone, pump organ; John Upchurch - guitar, bass, clarinet, bell piano, marimba, vibraphone, organ, electric piano, vocals; Barry Phipps - drums, bass, guitar, organ, saxophone, theremin, vocals
• WEB: http://carrottoprecords.com//artists/coctails/index.html

The Sea and Cake –

• PLAY: “Lightning” (4:11) from Everybody, Thrill Jockey Records, 2007
• CONNECT: John McEntire, Archer Prewitt, and Sam Prekop
• MEMBERS: Sam Prekop – vocals and guitar; Eric Claridge – bass and keyboards; Archer Prewitt – guitar, vocals, and keyboards; John McEntire – drums, keyboards, vibraphone and percussion; Additional Personnel: Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar
• WEB: www.theseaandcake.com or www.myspace.com/seaandcake

Shrimp Boat –

• PLAY: “Anna E” (3:25) from Something Grand, AUM Fidelity, 2007
• CONNECT: John McEntire, Archer Prewitt, and Sam Prekop
• MEMBERS: Eric Claridge - drums, bass; David Kroll - bass, banjo, tenor sax; Sam Prekop - vocals, guitar, bass; Ian Schneller - guitar, vocals, drums; Brad Wood - drums, soprano sax
• WEB: www.aumfidelity.com/shrimpboat.html

Prefuse 73 –

• PLAY: “Last Night” (3:41) from Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives, Warp Records, 2001
• CONNECT Sam Prekop
• MEMBERS: Scott Herren; Kieran Hebden; Sam Prekop
• WEB: www.prefuse73.com or www.myspace.com/prefusion1973