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Playlist from 12/24/2008 @ 12:00pm

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Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa '70 with Ginger Baker

Ye Ye De Smell
Live! 1971 via Mca
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Baker tooled into Nigeria in 1969, having come directly from Europe in a Land Rover. His stated purpose was to absorb and internalize the rhythms of Africa, and he was remarkably successful in accomplishing this task. Fela Kuti already had an astonishingly brilliant drummer in the form of Tony Allen, who was able to simultaneously perform a world of rhythm. But Ginger Baker brought something new to the mix. Live! was recorded in 1971 with Fela's group at the time, the Africa 70. Due to its demanding performance schedule, the band is remarkably tight. Interlocking rhythms drive keyboard and guitar vamps, propelling instrumental soloists on trumpet and saxophone.

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Jose Gonzalez

Heartbeats
Veneer 2006 via Mute U.S.
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Air

Le Voyage De Penelope
Moon Safari 1998 via Caroline
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Jack Johnson

Liver Splash
Thicker Than Water 2003 via Brush Fire Records
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2:40 pm

Beirut

Elephant Gun
Lon Gisland
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Beck

Soul of a Man
Modern Guilt 2008 via Interscope Records
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Patti Smith

Redondo Beach
Horses [30th Anniversary Legacy Edition] 1975 via Arista
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(REQUESTED)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2005 via Clap Your Hands Say
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2:20 pm

Thelonious Monk

Brilliant Corners
The Composer 1988 via Columbia
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M. Ward

Fuel For Fire
Transistor Radio 2005 via Merge Records
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Citizen Cope

Nite becomes Day
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings 2002 via RCA
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Stevie Wonder

That Girl
The Definitive Collection 2002 via Motown
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2:00 pm

COMPILATIONS

California Soul (Diplo-Mad DeCent Remix)
Verve Remixed, Vol. 4 2008 via Verve

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Cat Power

Metal Heart
Jukebox 2008 via Matador Records
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Hot Chip

Crap Kraft Dinner
Coming On Strong
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(REQUESTED)

Dengue Fever

Integratron
Venus On Earth 2008 via M80
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1:40 pm

The Detroit Experiment

Baby Needs New Shoes
The Detroit Experiment 2002 via Rope a Dope
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'Baby Needs New Shoes' introduces Latin syncopated hip hop, over which Bennie Maupin sax and Perry Hughes' creamy guitar unite for the refrain and surrounding improvisations.

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Mo' Horizons

Shake It Loose
...And The New Bohemian Freedom 2003 via Stereo Deluxe
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LCD Soundsystem

Get Innocuous!
Sound Of Silver 2007 via Capitol
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1:20 pm

COMPILATIONS

The Lions and the Cucumber
Jackie Brown - Music from the Motion Picture 1997 via Maverick

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Marco Benevento

You Must Be a Lion
Invisible Baby 2008 via HYENA
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Neko Case

Lion's Jaws
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood 2006 via Anti
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Blitzen Trapper

Black River Killer
Furr 2008 via Sub Pop
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Sebastian Tellier

Le Long De La Riviere Tendre
Universe
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Sébastien Tellier (born 1975 in Paris) is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is currently signed to Record Makers, a French independent record label. He sings in English, French and Italian.

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1:00 pm
(REQUESTED)

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

Detroit Christmas
Wisk You A Merry Christmas
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White Stripes

Honey We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap
Conquest EP
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(REQUESTED)

XTC

Thanks For Christmas
Just Say Noel
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

How Long Blues [Live]
The Hurricane Sessions 2008 via Preservation Hall
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(REQUESTED)

Adele

Cold Shoulder
19 2008 via Xl Recordings UK
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12:40 pm

Nina Simone

Blues For Mama
The Blues 1991 via Polydor
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Lightnin' Hopkins

Gotta Move
The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins 2004 via Sony
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COMPILATIONS

Get Out Of My Life Woman
What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) 2006 via Rhino

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COMPILATIONS

Mo Jo Hanna
What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) 2006 via Rhino

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(REQUESTED)

R.L. Burnside

Glory Be
A Bothered Mind 2005 via Fat Possum
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12:20 pm
(REQUESTED)

Tokyo Morose

Lazy Boys and Girls
Specific Ocean 2008 via Square Root Records

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The Mighty Narwhale

League Of Tusks
A Ship Without A Country, A Mast Without A Sail 2008 via Independent

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Menahan Street Band

Tired of Fighting
Make the Road By Walking 2008 via DAPTONE
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The Menahan Street Band is a collaboration of musicians from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Dave Guy, Homer Steinweiss, Fernando Velez, Bosco Mann), El Michels Affair (Leon Michels, Toby Pazner), Antibalas (Nick Movshon, Aaron Johnson) and the Budos Band (Mike Deller, Daniel Fodder), brought together by musician/producer Thomas Brenneck to record hits in the bedroom of his Menahan St. apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

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MC Yogi

Rock On Hanuman (feat. Krishna Das)
Elephant Power 2008 via White Swan
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12:00 pm