Darkling Eclectica Playlists

By certain calendrical reckonings at any rate. Still, it is one of national drinking holidays, isn't it? So imbibe fluids till next we meet!

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the        Episode 1761: New Year's Eve     Sun. Dec. 31, 2017      4PM to 6PM

Artist                       Title                         Album                     Genre    New?
The Acousticats              Adios Again                   Down at Evangelina's      Folk
Charles Ives; John Adams,
  Orchestra of St. Luke's    The Unanswered Question       American Elegies          Classical
Raymond Scott Quintette      New Year's Eve in a Haunted
                               House                       Reckless Nights & 
                                                             Turkish Twilights       Soundtrack
/
Kim Wallach                  Coldest Winter in Living
                               Memory                      Coldest Winter in Living
                                                             Memory                  Folk
Josh Nelson                  Stairways                     The Sky Remains           Jazz       XX
The Chieftains               Sea Image                     Chieftains 8              World
/
The Goon Show                Insurance, the White Man's
                               Burden (02/28/57)           Goon Show Compendium, 
                                                             vol.12                  Spoken
/
Stan Kenton & his Orch.      Harlem Nocturne               Sketches on Standards     Jazz
Fiddlers 4                   I Wish I Knew How it Would
                               Feel to be Free             Fiddlers 4                World
Penguin Cafe Orchestra       Perpetuum Mobile              Signs of Life             Jazz
/
Bruce Fowler                 Winter in Maine               Ants Can Count            Jazz
The California Feetwarmers   You May Leave                 California Feetwarmers    Jazz
Doug Adamz                   Truckee Winter                Guitar Solos              Folk
/
John Kirby & his Onyx Club
  Boys                       Rehearsin' for a Nervous
                               Breakdown                   52nd Street Swing         Jazz
Randy Erwin                  The Id Polka                  Back Home                 Country
Anat Cohen Tentet            Happy Song                    Happy Song                Jazz       XX
/
Zoe Keating                  Frozen Angels                 Natoma                    Folk
Mora's Modern Rhythmists     On Revival Day                My Favorite Band          Jazz
Jonathan Richman             She Doesn't Laugh at My
                               Jokes                       Having a Party With
                                                             Jonathan Richman        A-Play
/
David Grisman Quintet        Auld Lang Syne                Acoustic Christmas        Jazz
The Mills Brothers           I Guess I'll Get the Papers
                               & Go Home                   Souvenir Album            Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 6:11 PM 0 Comments

Much adundant thanks to Wanda from the "Howdylicious" program for filling in for my on Christmsa Eve. I'll be back next week for New Year's Eve Madness! Just without the madness, probably...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the            Episode 1760             Sun. Dec. 24, 2017         4PM to 6PM

Artist                          Title                                           Album                       
Kay Starr                       I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Stuhr Remix)  VA: Christmas Remixed   
Ella Fitzgerald                 Sleigh Ride (Latin Project Remix)               VA: Merry Mixmas    
Esquivel                        Jingle Bells                                    VA: Hi-Fidelity Holiday   
Martin Denny                    Exotic Night                                    VA: Christmas Cocktails v. 2
Al Caiola / Riz Ortolani        Holiday on Skis                                 VA: Christmas Cocktails
Kay Starr                       Everybody's Waitin'                             VA: Christmas Cocktails
Frank Sinatra                   Mistletoe and Holly                             VA: Christmas with the Rat Pack
Dean Martin                     Baby, It's Cold Outside (ARP REMIX)             VA: Merry Mixmas
Johnny Mercer                   Winter Wonderland (Brazilian Beach Mix)         VA: Christmas Remixed 
Charles Brown                   Merry Christmas Baby (MNO Remix)                VA: Christmas Remixed
/
J Boogie                        Under the Christmas Tree                        VA: Home for the Holidays 
Perry Como                      There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays     VA: Croon and Swoon
Angela Lansbury                 We Need a Little Christmas                      VA: A Classic Christmas
The Chipmunks                   The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)     Christmas with the Chipmunks
Straight No Chaser              Donde Esta Santa Claus                          Christmas Cheers  
Straight No Chaser              Hey Santa!                                      Christmas Cheers
/
George Shearing/Billy May       Snowfall / Snowfall Cha Cha                     VA: Christmas Cocktails v. 2
Peggy Lee                       White Christmas                                 VA: Christmas Cocktails v. 3
Pink Martini                    Do You Hear What I Hear?                        Joy to the World
Combustible Edison              Sleigh Ride                                     VA: Hi-Fidelity Holiday
June Christy                    The Merriest (Thunderball Remix)                VA: Merry Mixmas
/ 
Louis Armstrong                 Cool Yule                                       VA: Hipster's Holiday
The Blind Boys of Alabama       Born in Bethlehem                               VA: Modern Holiday
El Vez                          Christmas Wish                                  VA: Hi-Fidelity Holiday
Lena Horne                      Jingle All the Way                              VA: Hipster's Holiday
Eartha Kitt                     Santa Baby (Alexkid & DJ Seep Remix)            VA: Merry Mixmas
Bing Crosby / Andrews Sisters   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town                   VA: Swoon and Croon
Goldfrapp                       Winter Wonderland                               VA: Winter Wonderland
Bing Crosby & Others            Snow Snow Snow                                  Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Straight No Chaser              The Twelve Days of Christmas                    Christmas Cheers
Mindy Smith                     What Are You Doing Christmas Eve?               Winter Wonderland
Mills Brothers                  My Christmas Song For You                       1949

posted by MHPayne  # 10:08 AM 0 Comments

My fool head off next Sunday more or less continuously from 4PM and 11PM--Wanda from the Howdylicious program will be filling in on the ol' D.E., how 'bout we do the Christmas Episode this week, hmmm?

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the      Episode 1759: Christmas, I Guess     Sun., Dec 17, 2017     4PM to 6PM

Artist                      Title                         Album                       Genre    New?
John McCutcheon             Hangman's Reel/Campbell's
                              Farewell to Red Gap         Wind That Shakes the
                                                            Barley                    Folk
McCoy Tyner Quintet         Soulstice                     Illuminations               Jazz
The BOBS & Jonathan Katz    Santa's Got a Brand-New Bag   Too Many Santas             A-Play
/
Wynton Marsalis Orch.       Carol of the Bells            Crescent City Christmas
                                                            Card                      Jazz
Robert Earl Keen            Snowin' on Raton              Gravitational Forces        Country
Swap                        Ice Worms/Bosse Nordin's
                              Schottis                    [sic]                       World
/
My Little Pony              A Pony Kind of Christmas      read live                   Soundtrack
/
Don Byron Quintet           Bounce of the Sugar Plum
                              Fairies                     Bug Music                   Jazz
Triakel                     Christmas Tree Polska         Wintersongs                 World
L.A.4                       A Child is Born               Zaca                        Jazz
/
Bela Fleck & the 
  Flecktones                True North                    UFO Tofu                    Jazz
Stefan Grossman             The Windblown Star            Love, Devils & the Blues    Folk
Eddie Daniels Quartet       All the Stars are Out         ...This is Now              Jazz
/
Mora's Modern Rhythmists    Jingle Bells                  Goblin Market               Jazz
The Weavers                 Go Where I Send Thee          At Carnegie Hall            Folk
Vasen                       Tree-felling Waltz & Polska   Trio                        World
/
Raymond Scott Quintette     The Penguin                   Reckless Nights & Turkish
                                                            Twilights                 Soundtrack
Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz  Arctic Paradise               Ahma                        World
Bob Crosby & his Orch.      Skaters' Waltz In Swingtime   South Rampart St. Parade    Jazz
/
David Grisman Quintet       God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen  Acoustic Christmas          Jazz
The Mills Brothers          I Guess I'll Get the Papers
                              & Go Home                   Paper Doll                  Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 6:09 PM 0 Comments

More Goon Shows, more this, that, and the other. Like usual.

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the            Episode 1758               Sun. Dec. 10, 2017         4PM to 6PM

Artist                         Title                         Album                     Genre   New?
John Hartford                  Bye-bye                       Morning Bugle             Country
Andy Narell Steel Orch.        The Long Way Back             The Passage               Jazz
Horace Tapscott                Speedy Mike                   Tapscott Sessions, vol.1  Jazz
/
Old Time Assault               Alive                         Caxtons                   Country   XX
Orbestra                       Shepherd's Music              Transdanubian Swineherds'
                                                               Music                   World
Black Gardenia                 On Green Dolphin Street       Lucky Star                Jazz      XX
/
The Goon Show                  Tales of Old Dartmoor
                                 (2/7/56)                    Goon Show Compendium, 
                                                               v.12                    Comedy
/
Christian McBride Big Band     Upside Down                   Bringin' It               Jazz      XX
The Kingston Trio              They Call the Wind Maria      From the Hungry I         Folk
Colcannon                      The Life of Riley's Brother   Life of Riley's Brother   Folk
/
Robert Earl Keen               No Kinda Dancer               No Kinda Dancer           Folk
Cecile McLorin Salvant         Never Will I Marry            Dreams and Daggers        Jazz      XX
Evan Lurie                     Tarantella                    Selling Water by the
                                                               Side of the River       Jazz
/
Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop    The Daily Mail                Rev                       Jazz      XX
Holly Near                     To Raise the Morning Star     Sky Dances                Folk
Brad Mehldau                   Things Behind the Sun         Live in Tokyo             Jazz
/
David Grisman Quintet          Dawg's Rag                    David Grisman Quintet     Jazz
The Mills Brothers             Fiddlin' Joe                  Chronological, vol.2      Jazz
The Mills Brothers             Georgia on My Mind            Chronological, vol.6      Jazz
The Mills Brothers             I Guess I'll Get the Papers
                                 & Go Home                   Souvenir Album            Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 6:25 PM 0 Comments

We'll have episodes of the Goon Show for most of the rest of the year--if I can get these CDs to play on KUCI's equipment, I mean...

Mike

Darkling Eclectica, the            Episode 1757             Sun., Dec. 3, 2017            4PM to 6PM

Artist                        Title                         Album                       Genre  New?
The Acousticats               Adios Again                   Down at Evangelina's        Folk
Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz    Ahma                          Ahma                        World
Manhattan Transfer w/Bobby
  McFerrin & Jon Hendricks    Another Night in Tunisia      Vocalese                    Jazz
/
Red Clay Ramblers             Ryan's/Jordan Reel            Rambler                     Folk
Kronos Quartet                Last Kind Words               Folk Songs                  Jazz     XX
Marvin "Smitty" Smith Septet  Now I Know                    Keeper of the Drums         Jazz
/
The Goon Show                 Six Charlies in Search of
                                an Author (12/26/56)        Goon Show Compendium, v.12  Spoken
/
Jamie Reynolds & The
  Westerlies                  Small Worlds                  Grey Mirror                 Jazz     XX
Peter Case                    Walking Home Late             Flying Saucer Blues         Folk
The Art Pepper Nine           Diablo's Dance                Music of Shorty Rogers      Jazz
/
Erik Friedlander              Rushmore                      Block Ice & Propane         Jazz     XX
Michael O'Neill Quintet
  w/Kenny Washington          You and the Night and the
                                Music                       Still Dancin'               Jazz
Peter Lang                    Lycurgus                      Lycurgus                    Folk
/
Marius Preda                  Surenia                       Mission Cimbalom            Jazz     XX
Tannahill Weavers             Gray Bob/Cutty's Wedding/
                                Loch Carron                 Capernaum                   Folk
Collective Order              Then and Now                  Volume Two                  Jazz     XX
/
Devil in a Woodpile           Lepidoptera                   Division Street             Country
Julie Benko                   Tomorrow is a Day for You     Introducing                 Jazz     XX
The Beau Hunks Sextette       Dinner Music for a Pack of
                                Hungry Cannibals            Celebration on the Planet
                                                              Mars                      Soundtrack
/
David Grisman Quintet         Minor Swing                   Hot Dawg                    Jazz
The Mills Brothers            I Guess I'll Get the Papers
                                & Go Home                   Paper Doll                  Jazz

posted by MHPayne  # 6:11 PM 0 Comments