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136 Where Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak Memorial
Host: Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2012-05-30
“Where Wild Things Are” (52:00 mp3):
A memorial to recently departed cultural innovators: Beastie Boys bassist and rapper Adam Yauch — aka, “MCA,” British hairdresser and business person Vidal Sassoon, pioneer FM rock n’ roll disc jockey (WOR-FM, WNEW, WFUV, XM satellite radio) Pete Fornatale, and mostly we hear mostly we hear children’s literature author/illustrator Maurice Sendak, along with all the music and movies inspired by his 1963 classic, “Where the Wild Things Are.”
The Wild Mix (playlist below) was produced by Peter Bochan, General Manager of WPKN-Bridgeport CT, announcer WBAI-NYC NY, and mixmaster at All Mixed Up Productions. His Shortcuts and other mixes are at PRX.
We also hear music from the ballet, “Where the Wild Things Are,” by composer Randall Woolf, created with Maurice Sendak and Septime Webre for the American Repertory Ballet.
| Playlist: Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Randall Wolff (w/ Maurice Sendak) | “Overture: March of the Wild Things” | Where The Wild Things Are |
| Gorillaz feat. Sinfonia Viva | “Orchestral Intro” | Plastic Beach |
| Steve Miller Band | “Song For Our Ancestors” | Sailor |
| Maurice Sendak | “Where The Wild Things Are” | Reads |
| Norman Corwin | (morse code story) | |
| Pete Fornatale | (when I was eight) | Radio interview |
| Maurice Sendak | (writing childrens’ books) | |
| Sparky | “Sparky and the Talking Train” | Sparky’s Magic Piano |
| Howdy Doody | “Howdy & The Amazing Aeroplane” | (RCA Victor 78) |
| Carole King | “Chicken Soup with Rice” | Really Rosie |
| Maurice Sendak | (Stephen Colbert interview) | Comedy Central |
| Danny Kaye | “The Ugly Duckling” | Hello Children (BBC) |
| Carole King | “The Ballad of Chicken Soup” | Really Rosie |
| Maurice Sendak | (On Where The WIld Things Are) | Part One |
| The Rolling Stones | “In Another Land” | Their Satanic Majesties Request |
| Randall Wolff | “Max declares a wild rumpus; The wild things fall sleep.” | Where The Wild Things Are |
| Beastie Boys | “Song For Junior” | Hello Nasty |
| Karen O and the Kids | “Rumpus” | Where The Wild Things Are (2009 Soundtrack) |
| Maurice Sendak | “On Where the Wild Things Are” | Part Two |
| Vidal Sassoon | (life story) | Vidal Sassoon: The Movie |
| Paul McCartney | “Once Upon A Long Ago” | Parlophone EP (1987) |
| Vidal Sassoon | (life story) | Vidal Sassoon: The Movie |
| Pablo Casals | (music) | Casals:A Living Portrait |
| Vidal Sassoon | (life story) | Vidal Sassoon: The Movie |
| Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orch | Largo (Symphony #9) | Antonin Dvorak |
| Pete Fornatale | (George Burns quote & life story) | |
| The Beastie Boys | “Sure Shot/The Biz Vs The Nuge” | Anthology |
| Vidal Sassoon | (life story) | Vidal Sassoon: The Movie |
| Maurice Sendak | “Where The Wild Things Are” | Reads |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | “Wild Thing” | The Essential JImi Hendrix |
| Beastie Boys | “Electric Worm” | The Mix-Up |
| Randall Wolff | “And his dinner was still hot.” | Where The Wild Things Are |
This is some messed up junk… But it got us through our road trip laughing
i’m still waiting for audio to be posted, it says it will be posted….. six days ago
Worst episode I’ve ever not finished listening to. Awful music.
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