Morning After WVUD 91.3 Info

This was Memorial Day Weekend. U of D was very quiet on this spectacularly beautiful day. Students were either home or booking it in the libraries, what with graduation coming in about 10 days. Here's the play list for the day:

Artist : Pauseland Composition: Deep Days Album / CD : Pauseland
Artist : Bill Frisell Composition: The Sweetest Punch Album / CD : The Sweetest Punch
Artist : David Byrne Composition: Tiny Apocalypse Album / CD : Grown backwards
Artist : Tom Waits Composition: All the World is Green Album / CD : Blood Money
Artist : Bill Frisell Composition: This House is Empty Now Album / CD : The Sweetest Punch
Artist : Wilco Composition: Dash 7 Album / CD : A.M.
Artist : Nina Simone Composition: I Got IT Bad and That Ain;t Good Album / CD : Big Lebowksi Soundtrack
Artist : Tom Waits Composition: Take It With Me Album / CD : Mule Variations
Artist : Bobby McFerrin Composition: Common Threads Album / CD : Medicine Music
Artist : Booker T. Jones Composition: Space City Album / CD : Potato Hole
Artist : Will Bernard Composition: How Great Thou Art Album / CD : Blue Plate Special
Artist : Anders Osborne Composition: Me & Lola Album / CD : Ash Wednesday Blues
Artist : Jimmy Vaughn Composition: Little Son, Big Sun Album / CD : Cut There
Artist : Allen Toussaint Composition: Singin' The Blues Album / CD : The Bright Mississippi
Artist : Lafayette Gilchrist Composition: Soul Progressin Album / CD : Soul Progressin'
Artist : The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Composition: Duff Album / CD : Buck Jump
Artist : Organissimo Composition: Bleecker Album / CD : Groovadelphia
Artist : Charlie Hunter Composition: Fine Corinthian Leather Album / CD : Baboon Strength
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: Pilgrimage Album / CD : Rise Up
Artist : Grant Green Composition: God Bless the Child Album / CD : Sunday Morning
Artist : Charlie Hunter Composition: A Song for Karen Carpenter Album / CD : Baboon Strength
Artist : Mavis Staples Composition: Have a Little Faith Album / CD : Have a Little Faith
Artist : 007 Composition: Blow My Smoke Album / CD : You Only Drop Once
Artist : Oliver Mtukudzi Composition: Zimbabwe Album / CD : Shanda
Artist : Oliver Mtukudzi Composition: Kuropodza Album / CD : Tsimba Itsuka
Artist : TV On The Radio Composition: Family Tree Album / CD : Dear Science
Artist : Bobby McFerrin Composition: Circlesong #7 Album / CD : Circelsongs
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Radio Cure Album / CD : For All I Care
Artist : Pauseland Composition: When The Stars Retire Album / CD : Palindrome
Artist : Bill Frisell Composition: Listen Album / CD : The Intercontinentals
Artist : Branforrd Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby Composition: Star Spangled Banner Album / CD : Ken Burns' Basebal S/T
Artist : Ry Cooder Composition: Waitin' For Some Girl Album / CD : I, Flathead
Artist : Booker T. Jones Composition: Hey Ya Album / CD : Potato Hole

Two calls.
One caller wanted to get info on Charlie Hunter's "Fine Corinthian Leather". I gave a shout-out on the air waves to a certain Darrell Reimer, who clued me in on this seemingly secret CD release. Unfortunately today, the airwawves weren't strong enough to cross over into Ontario. Hey Darrell! Thanks again.

Another caller, shortly after The Bad Plus' "Radio Cure" finished, made sure to inform me that The Bad Plus were arrogant AND pretentious. HE laughed. He hung up. That was it. No discussion, no further elucidation of the topic.

I did make sure to announce multiple times during the 3 hour show that The Bad Plus will be appearing as part of this year's annual Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. They'll be there on June the 17th! Of course, I'll be providing pics and synops on my other site, sometime in mid June.

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On a beautiful sunny Spring day, the show's playlist was:

Artist : Brendan Power Composition: My Lagan Love Album / CD : New Irish Harmonica
Artist : Pauseland Composition: When the Stars Retire Album / CD : Palindrome
Artist : Jessica Williams Composition: Song For a Baby Album / CD : Songs For a New Century
Artist : Jacky Terrasson & Cassandra Wilson Composition: Little Boy Lost Album / CD : Rendezvous
Artist : Hewar Composition: Project Album / CD : Hewar
Artist : Sarah Bogles & the Broken Singles Composition: No One Will Ever Love You Album / CD : The Stars Are Out
Artist : Saw Doctors Composition: Wake Up Sleeping Album / CD : Sing a Powerful Song
Artist : Avishai Cohen Composition: First Drops Album / CD : Flood
Artist : Herlin Riley Composition: Need Ja Help Album / CD : Cream of the Crescent
Artist : Jacky Terrasson & Cassandra Wilson Composition: You've Got A Friend Album / CD : Mirror
Artist : Benny Green Composition: Someone to Watch Over Me Album / CD : Green's Blues
Artist : Grant Green Composition: God Bless the Child Album / CD : Sunday Morning
Artist : Chick Corea Composition: I Don't Know Album / CD : Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Artist : Blue Mitcheell Composition: How Deep Is The Ocean Album / CD : The Cup Bearers
Artist : Jenny Scheinman Composition: Hard Sole Shoes Album / CD : Crossing the Field
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Anthem for the Earnest Album / CD : Suspicious Activity
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Long Distance Runaround Album / CD : For All I Care
Artist : Yes Composition: Long Distance Runaround Album / CD : Fragile
Artist : Flash Composition: Samll Beginnings Album / CD : Flash
Artist : King Crimson Composition: The Talking Drum Album / CD : Lark's Tongue in Aspic
Artist : William Shatner Composition: Common People Album / CD : Has Been
Artist : David Sylvian Composition: Taking the Veil Album / CD : Come to Earth
Artist : Arto Lindsay Composition: My Mind is Going Album / CD : The Subtle Body
Artist : Minus the Bear Composition: Drilling Album / CD : Menos El Oro
Artist : New Order Composition: Regret Album / CD : Republic
Artist : Amadou & Miriam Composition: Seketbe Album / CD : Welcome to Mali
Artist : The Sea & Cake Composition: Aerial Album / CD : Car Alarm
Artist : Don Caballero Composition: Fire Back About Your Baby's Sex Album / CD : American Don
Artist : Andrew Bird Composition: Plasticities Album / CD : Armchair Apocrypha
Artist : Legendary Jim Ruiz Band Composition: My Bloody Yugo Album / CD : Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Artist : The Horseflies Composition: Human Fly Album / CD : Human Fly
Artist : Booker T Composition: Hey Ya Album / CD : Potato Hole

Nary a call. Students are still out on Spring Break. The locals are probably outside gardening and taking advantage of the rain-less day.

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On a cloudy drizzly day, nothing finer than a heavy dose of Hammond B-3 to get the comfort levels high.

Artist : Charles Lloyd Composition: The Water is Wide Album / CD : The Water is Wide
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Variations D'Apollon Album / CD : For All I Care
Artist : Jacques Loussier Composition: Bach Italina Concerto Andante Album / CD : Plays Bach
Artist : Joey DeFrancesco Composition: I'll Close My Eyes Album / CD : Legacy
Artist : Melvin Rhyne Quartet Composition: Don’t Explain Album / CD : Classmasters
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: Pilgramage Album / CD : Rise Up!
Artist : Jimmy Smith Composition: It Might AS Well Be Spring Album / CD : Standards
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: This Guy's In Love With You Album / CD : Prog
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Comfortably Numb Album / CD : For All I Care
Artist : Will Bernard Composition: How Great Thou Art Album / CD : Blue Plate Special
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: Blue Moment Album / CD : Jungle Soul
Artist : Jack McDuff Composition: Blues & Tonic Album / CD : The Honeydripper
Artist : Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Composition: Bumpin' on Sunset Album / CD : Best of…
Artist : Holly Yarborough Composition: Will you be My Neighbor? Album / CD : Mister Rogers' Songs
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: How Deep is Your Love? Album / CD : For All I Care
Artist : The Band Composition: Chest Fever Album / CD : A Musical History
Artist : Felix Cavilerre & Steve Cropper Composition: One fo These Days Album / CD : Nudge it Up a Notch
Artist : Al Green Composition: Take Me to the River Album / CD : Take Me to The River
Artist : Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King Composition: Opus de Soul Album / CD : Jammed Together
Artist : Peter Green Composition: Ain't Nothing Gonna Change It Album / CD : Reaching the Cold
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith Composition: Paper Tiger Album / CD : Boogaloo to Beck
Artist : Peter Bernstein +3 Composition: Blood Count Album / CD : Heart's Content
Artist : Jimmy Smith Composition: Get Happy Album / CD : Jimmy Smith @ The Club Baby Grand, Wimington Vol#2
Artist : Larry Young Composition: Monk's Dream Album / CD : Unity
Artist : Jimmy Smith Composition: Stone Cold Dead in the Market Album / CD : Prayer Meeting
Artist : Jimmy Smith Composition: I Got A Woman Album / CD : Home Cookin'
Artist : Branford Marsalis Quartet Composition: The Return of the Jitney Man Album / CD : Metamorphosen
Artist : Jimmy Smith Composition: Summer Shepherd Blues Album / CD : 6 Views of the Blues
Artist : Charles Musselwhite Composition: Christus Redemptor Album / CD : Harmonica Classics Vol #1


A few calls re. Jimmy Smith and his death early last year.
A request for a Charlie Parker tune (Birdland) that the station doesn't have from a listener in Middletown who has to do some judicious and divine tuning to get our signal. Just like me, they rely on a table radio as their fine stereo system only recieves a garbly, scratchy signal from us.

I suggest to all listeners or potential ones, that the clearest signal is through the Internet. Even living only 15 miles away from the station, WVUD's FM signal is rather crappy. So, WVUD Online works best. That, or if you're within 20-25 miles of Newark, DE, hop into your car. NO, sitting in your car in pajamas and holding a cup of coffee will not result in your getting ticketed.

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All in all, a fine little piece on University of Delaware's radio station, WVUD, in today's News Journal. The new station manager, Steve Kramarck, should be given high marks in getting the word out and in doing the fine-line walking between keeping the station at a giddy amateur level (99.9% of the folks there are unpaid volunteers) while establishing a sense of professionalism into the venture.

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The play list for today's Morning After was :

Artist : Tortoise Composition: I Set My Face To The Hillside Album / CD : TNT
Artist : Glenn Close reading Pablo Neruda's Composition: I Like for You to Be Still Album / CD : Il Postino S/T
Artist : Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis Composition: Mo' Betta Blues Album / CD : Love Songs, Ballads, & Stardust
Artist : The Persuasions Composition: Oh! Darling Album / CD : ..Sing the Beatles
Artist : Melody Gardot Composition: Love Me Like A River Does Album / CD : Worrisome Heart
Artist : Holly Cole Composition: I Want You Album / CD : Temptations
Artist : Holme Brotheres Composition: We Meet, We Part, We Remember Album / CD : Simple Truths
Artist : Eva Cassidy Composition: Fields of Gold Album / CD : Live @ Blues Alley
Artist : Richard & Linda Thompson Composition: Dimming of the Day / Dareal Album / CD : Pour Down Like Silver
Artist : Kate Wolf Composition: Give Yourself to Love Album / CD : The Wind Blows Wild
Artist : Billy Bragg Composition: I Keep Faith Album / CD : Mr. Love & Justice
Artist : Bill Charlap Trio Composition: Somewhere Album / CD : Somewhere
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: Sunk Album / CD : East Autumn Grin
Artist : Guy Davis Composition: Sweetheart like You Album / CD : Sweetheart Like You
Artist : Al Green Composition: Just Fro Me Album / CD : Lay It down
Artist : Flight of the Conchords Composition: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Album / CD : Flight of the Conchords
Artist : Huoston Person & Bill Charlap Composition: If I Ruled the World Album / CD : You Taught My Heart To Sing
Artist : David "Fathead" Newman Composition: Skylark Album / CD : Diamonhead
Artist : Bill Evans Composition: Stairway to the Stars Album / CD : Undercurrent
Artist : Dr. John Composition: Nearness of You Album / CD : ..Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 1
Artist : Dr. John Composition: I Ain't no Johnny Mercer Album / CD : Mercernary
Artist : Dr. John Composition: How Come My Dog Don't Bark When You Come Around? Album / CD : Goin' Back to New Orleans
Artist : J.J. Grey & Mofro Composition: I Believe in Everything Album / CD : Orange Blossoms
Artist : J.J. Grey & Mofro Composition: Six Ways to Sunday Album / CD : Lochloosa
Artist : Holmes Brothers Composition: Hey Baby! Album / CD : Simple Truths
Artist : The Jazz Passengers Composition: The Tide is High Album / CD : Individually Twisted
Artist : Michelle Shocked Composition: I Know What u Dub Album / CD : Dub Natural
Artist : Michelle Shocked Composition: Lonely Planet Album / CD : Mexican Standoff
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: Heartache Weather Album / CD : East Autumn Grin
Artist : Tommy Womack Composition: Alpha Male & The Canine Mystery Blod Album / CD : There, I Said it!
Artist : Billy Bragg Composition: Must I Paint You A Picture? Album / CD : Worker's Playtime
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: American Dirt Album / CD : Matthew Ryan v. Silver State
Artist : TV On The radio Composition: Family Tree Album / CD : Dear Science
Artist : Andrew Bird Composition: Tenuousness Album / CD : Noble Beast
Artist : Bill Bragg Composition: Valentine's Day is Over Album / CD : Worker's Playtime
Artist : Jenny Scheinman Composition: Hard Sole Shoe Album / CD : Crossing the Field

A few calls commenting on the excessive sopiness. Hey! I gave warnings throughout the show so those romantically un-inclined had enough time to switch.

Labels: Morning After, WVUD

Here's my first show of 2009, a year of Hope and, I hope, Patience for that young man who'll try to undo 8 years of hate, selfishness, and tarnish.

Artist : She & Him Composition: You Really Got a Hold on Me Album / CD : Volume One
Artist : TV on the Radio Composition: Family Tree Album / CD : Dear Science
Artist : Jenny Scheinman Composition: Hared Sole Shoe Album / CD : Crossing the Field
Artist : McCoy Tyner w/ Bill Frisell Composition: Contemplation Album / CD : Guitars
Artist : Scott Amendola Band Composition: If Only Once Album / CD : Believe
Artist : Tortoise Composition: In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, Beethoven There Were Women & Men Album / CD : TNT
Artist : Bill Frisell Composition: The Open Prarie (Aaron Copeland) Album / CD : Have a Little Faith
Artist : Esbjorn Svennson Trio Composition: Somewhere Else Before Album / CD : Somewhere Else Before
Artist : Manu Katche Composition: November 99 Album / CD : Neighborhood
Artist : The Bad Plus Composition: Everbody Wants to Rule the World Album / CD : Prog
Artist : Robert Glasper Composition: Jelly's Da Beener Album / CD : Canvas
Artist : Manu Katche Composition: Pieces of Emotion Album / CD : Playground
Artist : Avishai Cohen Composition: Parto Forte Album / CD : After the Big Rain
Artist : Third World Love Composition: Gigi et Amelie Album / CD : New Blues
Artist : Hank Jones & Charlie Haden Composition: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Album / CD : Steal Away
Artist : Buddy Miller Composition: Worry Too Much Album / CD : Universal United House of Prayer
Artist : Michelle Shocked Composition: Anchorage Album / CD : Short, Sharp, Shocked
Artist : Loudon Wainwright III Composition: School Days Album / CD : Recovery
Artist : Emmy Lou Harris Composition: All That You Have Is Your Soul Album / CD : All I Intended TO Be
Artist : Kathleen Edwards Composition: Askign for Flowers Album / CD : Asking for Flowers
Artist : Iris DeMent Composition: Our Town Album / CD : Infamous Angel
Artist : She & Him Composition: I Should Have Known Better Album / CD : Volume One
Artist : Greg Brown Composition: Old Smokey Album / CD : Honey in the Lion's Head
Artist : Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughn Composition: Baby, What's Wrong Album / CD : On the Jimmy Reed Highway
Artist : Kid Ramos Composition: Welcome Blues Album / CD : West Coast House Party
Artist : Ry Cooder Composition: I Need a Woman Album / CD : The Slide Area
Artist : Ry Cooder Composition: Waitin For Some Girl Album / CD : I, Flathead
Artist : JJ Grey & Mofro Composition: WYLF Album / CD : Orange Blossoms
Artist : The Gaslight Anthem Composition: Miles Davis & The Cool Album / CD : The '59 Sound
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: Heartache Weather Album / CD : East Autumn Grin
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: The Little Things Album / CD : Regret Over the Wire
Artist : Matthew Ryan Composition: Dulce et Decorum Est Album / CD : MRVSS
Artist : Andrew Bird Composition: Imitosis Album / CD : Armchair Apochrypha

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How's this for planning!??! Actually laying out the days that I'll be doing the show. So, if nothing important is happening on the following Sundays, tune in on 91.3 FM or on the internet for some finely co-ordinated tuneage.

January 18th
February 15th
March 29th
April 5th
May 24th
July 12th
August 2nd
September 27th
October 18th
November 29th
December 13th

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