Gent

I was in Europe for the end of May and most of June. Here's a picture taken in Northern Gent, in what seemed to be the largest Turkish neighborhood in the city, near where I had enjoyed a delicious "pastry" (means some kind of a meat sandwich) minutes earlier.

I'm back in the States now, looking for work, and (hopefully) organizing a local show to benefit an ALS research/treatment foundation. I will certainly let you know about that if it is indeed in the cards.

The days here just don't last the way they do over there. In Utrecht and even in Gent, too, each day felt like a week, as usually there was daylight for about 17 hours. Plus everyday was a challenge, with new information, more things to figure out, customs, buttermilk because I couldn't read the bottle...I am already aching for the newness again, and I would love to go somewhere out in the Southwest of this country later this summer. We will see.

Worn Groove

Roger Moore at 50 - Show #4 - "Worn Groove"

This should be up on WNSR by Monday, where you can stream it

You may download it here

1. Zimmer Frei – Alimentari – Zimmer Frei (1982)
2. Robertinho de Recife – Jardim da Infancia (1977)
3. Jose “Chepito” Areas – Morning Star – Jose “Chepito” Areas (1974)
4. Orquesta de las Nubes – Dum? Reprise - Orquesta de las Nubes (1985)
5. Dee Dee Bridgewater – Lonely Disco Dancer – Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980)
6. Caroline Crawford – Can’t Hold Me Back – Nice and Soulful (1979)
7. Oliver Cheatham – Just To Be With You – Saturday Night (1983)
8. Rick Mason and Rare Feelings – Rare Feelings – The Inner Dimensions of Rick Mason and Rare Feelings (1976)
9. Herbie Hancock – Karabali – Sound-System (1984)
10. Manu Dibango – Oriental Sunset – Africadelic (1973)
11. Cabaret Voltaire – Eastern Track - Conform To Deform: Conform (1983)
12. An Ordered Life – Ordered Life – Rebirth (1985)
13. Oudaden – Untitled 1 – Boustance Music (1983)

WORN GROOVE = WEIRD DANCE + STELLAR FUNK + DEEP PSYCH

Slow Hum

Earlier today I sat for a while and listened to "Music for Airports." The music on this record never ceases to move me. After listening to most of Side 2, I broke from my sitting position to stand up and have a stretch. I quickly discovered that my feet had fallen asleep, and I began to experience intense tingling sensations in both of my feet. As I walked and placed one foot in front of the other, it felt as though each touch to the floor was a dip into a fire pit. It was not painful but highly strange and somewhat comfortable. Often my feet, or arms, or hands, or legs fall asleep, but it is rare that I attempt to use that part of the body (in this case, my feet) when it happens. Slowly my nerves began to flow properly again, my mind became aware of the existence of my feet, and I regained a sense of physical normalcy.

I'm going to Europe in nine days, as the gap of time leading up to the trip has very quickly receded. I was last there two years ago, farming and traveling in Tuscany. On this trip I'll be moving around the continent a lot more. I am eager to travel again, and I have laid out a (rough) itinerary of where I'd like to go. It's weird to think of myself as currently in the theoretical, detached stage of the trip, that is, the planning period before going, and that, in nearly a week I will be in the actual physical space I have been "looking forward to." There is no gradual transition or slow walk between the two - one simply is in Place A and nine hours later is in Place B. The small towns outside of the cities, cheap food, people, and the unfamiliarity and newness of this experience - these things await me and I am happy to find them.

Roger Moore at 50 - Show #3 - "Unsubstantiated"

This should be up on WNSR by tomorrow, where you can stream it

You may download it now HERE

I recorded this show, titled "Unsubstantiated", as a live mix with video and found audio sampling. It is in the same vein as the "Channels" mix I recorded last fall.

Playlist:

1. Ghédalia Tazartès - Mourir Un Peu – Diasporas (1979)
2. Telegraph Avenue – Happy – Telegraph Avenue (1972)
3. Secos & Molhados – Amor – Secos & Molhados 1º (1973)
4. Leo Kottke – Poor Boy – Mudlark (1972)
5. Mogöllar - Yalnizlgin acikli güldürüsü – Mogöllar (1976)
6. Chris Thompson – Back in the City – Chris Thompson (1973)
7. Arco Iris - Vientos Celestiales - Agitor Lucens V (1974)
8. Sema – Passion K – Theme From Hunger (1982)
9. Milton Nascimento – A chamada - Milagre dos peixes (1973)
10. Grateful Dead – Fire On The Mountain – Shakedown Street (1978)
11. Grupo Água – Caldera – Transparencia (1978)
12. Los Deu Larvath - Lo Naveth Monde - Coneguda Causa Sia (1979)
13. Robbie Basho – Where Butterflies in Winter Go – Twilight Peaks (1984)
14. Módulo 1000 – Teclados - Nao Fale Com Paredes (1972)
15. Brian Aspro – Without Frets - Music For BBC2 Documentaries (1982)
16. Dante's Inferno – Banal - Mick Ness / Dante's Inferno (1983)
17. Suso Saiz - Aprendiendo A Amerizar - Prefiero El Naranja (1984)
18. Persona – Lago – Son (1975)

Sunday

Cooked Greens




Salad




Pickled

Low-Tech

"Low-Tech" (Part II of II: 17 min)

Low-Tech

"Low-Tech" (Part I of II: 13 min)