Absolutely crazy show yesterday with my first time (and likely LAST time ever) giving away 6 different pairs of tickets in a two hour period. I feel a little closer to Oprah after having a show like this (you get some tickets, and you get some tickets, and you get some tickets, everybody gets tickets!), all caused by special programming next week and the upcoming fundraiser (which will feature even more tickets). Solid show music wise, with new tracks from Gaslamp Killer, Kid Koala, Lianne La Havas, Corin Tucker, Soul Jazz Orchestra and more. I’d really wanted to play some Tim Maia, but only got a little instrumental interlude of “Rational Culture” because I ran out of time and didn’t bring any other Paul Weller than “Shadow Of The Sun.” Next week I’m doing two hours on one of my favorite bands, celebrating 20 years of making music and touring the US for the first time in a long time, Australia’s Dirty Three and yes I will have tickets for their show in Los Angeles in October.
Melting Pot on KPFK #99: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #99: Second Hour
Playlist: 09-23-2012
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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John Coltrane – After The Rain – His Greatest Years (Impulse)
Johnny Hartman – September Song – Songs From The Heart (Bethelehem)
Lianne La Havas – Age 0 Is Your Love Big Enough (Nonesuch)
Menahan Street Band – Keep Coming Back – The Crossing (Dunham/Daptone)
Orgone – Give It Up – Cali Fever (Ubiquity)
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The xx – Reunion – Coexist (XL)
Mono – The Kidnapper’s Ball – Under The Pipal Tree (Tzadik)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti feat. Dam-Funk – Baby – Mature Themes (4ad)
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The Gaslamp Killer feat. Gonjasufi – Apparitions – Breakthrough (Brainfeeder)
Kid Koala 6 Bit Blues – 12 Bit Blues (Ninja Tune)
Amon Tobin – Slowly – Supermodified (Ninja Tune)
Can – Oscura Primavera – The Lost Tapes (Mute)
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Charles Bradley – I’ll Slip Away – 7” (Light In The Attic)
Soul Jazz Orchestra – Kelen Ati Leen – Solidarity (Strut)
Dirty Three – Alice Wading – She Has No Strings Apollo (Bella Union)
Corin Tucker – Groundhog Day – Kill My Blues (KillRockStars)
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Mike & the Censations – Victim Of Circumstance – Don’t Sell Your Soul (Ubiquity)
Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No – A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw)
Billy Stewart – I Do Love You – I Do Love You (Chess)
Myron & E with the Soul Investigators – It’s A Shame – 7” (Timmion)
Etta James – I Worship The Ground You Walk On – The Complete Tell Mama Sessions (Chess)
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Jose James – It’s All Over Your Body – EP (Blue Note)
Tim Maia – Rational Culture – Racional Vol. 1 (Seroma)
Paul Weller – Shadow Of The Sun – Wild Wood (Go Discs!)
Irma Thomas – Wish Someone Would Care – Irma Thomas Sings (Change)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)