Here’s what went down on the weekly Free Form Freakout show during the closing months of the year. As we’re sure how many of you feel out there, we’re looking forward to turning the page on 2017 and starting the new year afresh. We wish you the best in whatever new paths you hope to forge and we thank you for checking in with us here.
“Play that strange tune again / That off-key melody” ~Drunk Elk
FFFreakout #595: David’s Favorite Songs of 2017 (a partial list) (Live on 12/28/17): David Nance “Do the Negative Boogie” from Do the Negative Boogie Blaha “Frog & Toad” from The Art of Not Uranium Club “Who Made the Man” from All of Them Naturals Mountain Movers “Vision Television” from S/T Odd Hope “We Belong” from S/T Rangers “Never Again” from Texas Rock Bottom Ian William Craig “Purpose (Is No Country)” from Slow Vessels TALsounds “Disgrace” from Love Sick Circuit Des Yeux “Paper Bag” from Reaching For Indigo Carla Dal Forno “The Garden” from The Garden EP Neutral “Du” from När Maraudeur “Dust Dries On Its Rest” from S/T Caroline No “Up To Downtown” from No Language Drunk Elk “Quintessence” from S/T John Maus “Touchdown” from Screen Memories Ariel Pink “Just Like Heaven” from Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Bons “Fan the Old Flame” from Gras H’utsi Félicia Atkinson “Valis” (excerpt) from Hand in Hand
FFFreakout #594: Carl’s Annual Holiday Show (Aired on 12/21/17): Bob & Doug McKenzie “Twelve Days of Christmas” from Great White North Erik Koskinen “On Christmas Day” from Cruising Paradise EP Lindsey Buckingham “Holiday Road” b/w Dancin’ Across the USA single Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets “The North Pole Express” from Quality Holiday Revue Live Miles Davis “Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)” from Hipster’s Holiday The Kinks “Father Christmas” from Christmas-A-Go-Go Bruce Springsteen “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” on “My Hometown” single Low “Just Like Christmas” from Christmas Booker T & the MG’s “Jingle Bells” from In the Christmas Spirit Mel Blanc “The Hat I Got For Christmas Is Too Beeg” from Christmas Comedy Classics The Border Brass “Tijuana Christmas” from Tijuana Christmas John Fahey “Joy To the World” from The New Possibility The Singing Dogs “Jingle Bells” from Dr. Demento: Greatest Novelty CD of All-Time Otis Redding “Merry Christmas Baby” from Soulful Christmas Wild Man Fischer “I’m a Christmas Tree” from Dr. Demento: Greatest Novelty CD… Davina & The Vagabonds “Santa Bring My Baby Back” from Christmas on the Lam… Hall & Oates “Jingle Bell Rock” single James Brown “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto” from Funky Christmas
FFFreakout #593 (Aired on 12/14/17): Circuit Des Yeux “Geyser” from Reaching For Indigo Flying Saucer Attack “Standing Stone” from Distance Movietone “Mono Valley” from S/T Crescent “Superconstellation” from Now First Communion Afterparty “Lighting Up the Darkroom” from Ever Last Sting Live Bi-Hour “Name Drop Melbourne Locations To Sound Groovy” from Regional Indifference Voight/465 “State” from Slights Still Unspoken Devin Freisen “Exhaust” from Snowshell The Icicle Works “Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)” from S/T The Normal “Warm Leatherette” from Just Can’t Get Enough compilation Prince “Another Lonely Christmas” from Purple Rain (Deluxe Edition) The Cure “Killing An Arab” from Boys Don’t Cry Semisonic “The Great Divide” from The Great Divide Ash “Girl From Mars” from 1977 Beastie Boys “Finger Lickin’ Good” from Check Your Head
FFFreakout #592: Tom Waits Day on KMSU (Aired on 12/07/17): Tom Waits “Such A Scream” from Bone Machine Harry Partch “The Quiet Hobo Meal” from Delusions of the Fury Tom Waits “Clap Hands” from Rain Dogs Laurie Anderson (w/ William Burroughs) “Sharky’s Night” from Mister Heartbreak Tom Waits “The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me” from Bone Machine Kurt Weill “The Ballad of Mack the Knife” from The Threepenny Opera Tom Waits “Temptation” from Frank’s Wild Years Charley Patton “Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues” from The Definitive Charley Patton Tom Waits “Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well” from Orphans Tom Waits “Warm Beer and Cold Women” from Round Midnight: Mpls. Broadcast 1975 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band “Owed T’ Alex” from Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Tom Waits “16 Shells From a Thirty- Ought Six” from Swordfishtrombones Cookie Monster & the Company “C is for Cookie” from Bert & Ernie Sing-Along Tom Waits “Hoist That Flag” from Real Gone Tom Waits “Hold On” from Mule Variations
FFFreakout #591 (Aired on 11/30/17): Laurie Anderson “From The Air” from Big Science Keel Her “Riot Grrrl” from S/T Magik Markers “Don’t Talk In Your Sleep” from Balf Quarry Lydia Lunch/Marc Hurtado “Baby Killer” from My Lover The Killer Wingtip Sloat “Sundowner’s 90 Mile Pilot” from If Only For the Hatchery Jose Gonzalez “Stories We Build, Stories We Tell” from Vestiges & Claws Joe McPhee “Song for Lauren, alternate 2” from Nation Time: The Complete Recordings Gary Numan “Cars” b/w “Metal” single Laid Back “White Horse” b/w “Sunshine Reggae” single Think “Once You Understand” b/w “Gather” single Frank Sinatra “Theme from New York, New York” b/w “That’s What God Looks Like…” single Gate Wesley & Band “Do The Batman” b/w “Do The Thing” single Otis Redding “The Happy Song (Dum Dum)” b/w “Open the Door” single Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” b/w North To Alaska” single Devo “Snowball” b/w “Freedom of Choice” single
FFFreakout #590 (Aired on 11/23/17): The Notwist “Where in the World” from The Devil, You + Me ensemble, et al. “Typewriters” from The Slow Reveal Roxy Music “Sunset” from Stranded Danielle Dax “Sleep Has No Property” from Inky Bloaters Lindstrøm “Va-fle-r” from Smalhans Conrad Winslow “Benediction” from The Perfect Nothing Catalog H. Usui “Macaroni Blues” from Sings the Blues Mountain Goats “New Star Song” from Beautiful Rat Sunset Flying Saucer Attack “Wish” from S/T Ka Baird & John Saint Pelvyn with Camilla Padgett-Coles “Year 2” from Five Years Inside the Sun Jam Money “Bubbled Other” from A Gathering Kind ensemble, et al. “Guernsey Goodbye” from The Slow Reveal
FFFreakout #589 (Aired on 11/16/17): Dead Moon “Dead Moon Night” from Echoes of the Past High Rise “Mainliner” from Tokyo Flashback Hawkwind “Death Trap” from Stonehenge: This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic Todd Rundgren “Out of Control” from Hermit of Mink Hollow Pumice “Mothers In Mantis” from Puddles Flying Saucer Attack “She Is the Daylight” from Further Circuit Des Yeux “Geyser” from Reaching For Indigo Kinks “Naggin’ Woman” from Kinda Kinks New Order “Ceremony” from Substance Beastie Boys “Body Movin” (Norman Cook mix) Lemonheads “Big Gay Heart” from Come On Feel the Lemonheads They Might Be Giants “Don’t Let’s Start” from S/T Prince “Controversy” from Controversy
FFFreakout #588 (Aired on 11/09/17): Ariel Pink “I Wanna Be Young” from Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Franco Battiato “Il Silenzio Del Rumore” from Pollution Brian Eno “Burning Airlines Give You So Much More” from Taking Tiger Mountain Harry Deerness “Swona House” from S/T Carla Dal Forno “The Garden” from The Garden Headroom “Millers Pond” from S/T Animal & Men “Waiting For My Stranger” from Singles + Demos 1979-83 Goner “YS 2” (edit) from Yogascum El Turronero “Yo Soy Nube Pasajera” from New Hondo Otis Redding “Respect” from Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band “10th Ave. Freezeout” from Born To Run Wings “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” from Band On the Run Iggy Pop “China Girl” from The Idiot LCD Soundsystem “Losing My Edge” from S/T Booker T. & the MGs “Soul Limbo” from Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration
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