This was scheduled to run on last Friday’s NPR All Things Con, but got canceled last minute — we’re still not sure why. That’s no reason y’all shouldn’t hear it, tho.
So here’s something for those who think this week’s “Super” ends not in “Tuesday” but in “bowl.” A gay man crosses the line into unexplored fields, “For once in my life I wanted to watch an entire football game intently.” Mark Allen (from his “The Homosexual Brain” blog-post) with “Gays & Football” (2:05 mp3):
Happy Birthday to radio’s Some Assembly Required on their 9th year of ops and 200th broadcast. Since 1999 sound artist Jon Nelson (of Escape Mechanism) has hosted the series, which “features work by a variety of artists and groups who work with bits and pieces of their media environments, giving something back to the cultural landscape from which they so enthusiastically appropriate.”
Singing Science Records is a collection of six records that illustrate science through song. They were produced in the 1950s and early 60s by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer; they were preformed by Tom Glazer, the 1940s folk musician who wrote “On top of Spaghetti.” Our Singing Science selections start with a song covered by They Might Be Giants:
Jason Cady and the Artificials experiment with opera. The following piece is in five parts, Overture, Recitative, Aria, Recitative II, and Finale. The two Recitatives are priceless: they are operatic renditions of everyday conversations, recorded by the composer. “Recitative” (at 2:10 into piece) is about how folk from Michigan say “m’Bye.” Recitative II (at 6:10) dialogs on the dictionary definition of “resplendent.” Jason Cady and the Artificials, “Post-Madonna Prima Donna” (9:35 mp3):
“In ’84 Dr. Demento aired someone’s tape montage of ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ with many key words borrowed from other songs. I thought “American Pie” would have make a better victim, so with digital advances (i.e., no more razor blades, online music, etc.) I was able, over several months and two countries, to make it happen.”
So with all due respect to Don McLean, here’s a heapin’ helpin’ of Blake Simpson’s “American Spliced Pie” (8:59 mp3):
Following along with this list of artists spliced:
Don McLean
Boston
Barry Manilow
Waylon Jennings
Steely Dan
Morrisey
The Carpenters
Johnny Cash
Peter, Paul and Mary
Madonna
Beach Boys
David Bowie
The Beatles
Carly Simon
Traffic
Styx
Neil Sedaka
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Dire Straits
Bing Crosby
Pink Floyd
Leslie Gore
Louis Armstrong
The Police
The Rolling Stones
Barbra Streisand
The Who
Buddy Holly
The Doobie Brothers
Neil Young
The Everly Brothers
Nazareth
The Guess Who
Elton John
Led Zeppelin
Byrds, The
Memphis Minnie
Cooper, Alice
Kelly, Gene
Ronstadt, Linda
Monotones, The
Frampton, Peter
Michael, George
Lovett, Lyle
Paycheck, Johnny
Lovin’ Spoonful, The
Jewel
Donald Fagen
Golden Earring
Proclaimers, The
Howard Keel
Jackson, Joe
ABBA
Bad Company
Berry, Chuck
Kinks, The
Robbins, Marty
Coe, David Allen
Mitchell, Joni
U2
Paper Lace
Reddy, Helen
Larry Groce
Isley Brothers
C.W. McCall
Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley
Lynard Skynard
Yankovic, “Weird” Al
Price, Ray
Yardbirds, The
Eagles, The
Dylan, Bob
REM
Joplin, Janis
James Gang, The
Queen
Essex, David
Wonder, Stevie
Mothers of Invention, The
Miller, Roger
Jethro Tull
Townshend, Pete
Page, Patti
Simon, Paul
Merman, Ethel
Newman, Randy
Mike Sammes Singers, The
Springsteen, Bruce
Foghat
Grant, Amy
B-52s, The
Krause, Allison
Siouxie and the Banshees
Kansas
Devo
Cray, Robert
Fleetwood Mac
ZZ Top
Sting
Kingston Trio
Manfred Mann
Fitzgerald, Ella
Mountain
Nystrom, Marty
Gene Autry
Green Day
Williams, Hank
Anderson, Lynn
Talking Heads, The
Cheap Trick
Zappa, Frank
Idol, Billy
Bob McGrath
Marshall Tucker Band, The
Shannon, Del
Rogers, Kenny
Toto
Eminem
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The
Rundgren, Todd
Justo Almario
Zevon, Warren
Black Sabbath
Starland Vocal Band, The
Merle Haggard
Julie Andrews
Hall, Tom T.
Roberta Flack
Margaret, Anne
Greenwood, Lee
Diamond, Neil
Band, The
Travolta, John
Left Banke, The
Men At Work
Huey Lewis and the News
Free
Martha and the Vandellas
Lennon, John
Blondie
Thin Lizzie
Stevens, Cat
O’Connor, Donald
Monkees, The
Procol Harum
Band of Gypsys
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
This week’s HV cast — When the last school bell rings, Pastor Mike Cummings stands in front of Jordan High School in Watts, Los Angeles. Jordan High is next door to the gang-ridden Jordan Downs projects, which students have to pass through to go home — sometimes with Pastor Mike at their side. A story by Queena Kim, “Pastor Mike at Jordan High” (3:22 mp3):
Another Long Haul Productions (Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister) song/story extravaganza on NPR ATC, with an original song written for the radio piece by Tim Fite:
This week’s HV cast is an HV/JoeFrank.com collaboration for New Year’s. We present this short sobering look at the passage of time. A story by Joe Frank, “Countdown” (1:49 mp3):
Mashups were first conjured millennia ago. Upon their initial public hearing, the people arose as one shouting “WTF?” and “Cut-teth thee shite.”
These forced couplings of different races of songs and styles were deemed unholy alliances. Moses requested “Thou Shalt Not Mashup” as an Eleventh Commandment, but G-d felt the tablets were already crowded. So due to design concerns, mashups persisted thru the ages, reviled, outcast, and living only in the dark places: teenagers’ harddrives and eclectic radio playlists.
Until recently. Now a new threat has emerged. Mashups have crawled out of their audio underworlds and slithered into the video realm. Witness, friends, how the hour is again at hand for G-d to consider an anti-mashup memo. From Mark Vidler’s Go Home Productions “Supreme Evil” (ELO vs Diana Ross & Supremes):
HV Podcast-This week’s HV cast is A Christmas audio postcard sung by Zulu children in a South African orphanage. A story by Jake Warga, “Zulu Kids Xmas” (2:14 mp3):
dj BC has his latest compilation of people’s mp3 Christmashups up, Santastic III in 3-D. From it, mojochronic takes Led Zep a caroling in “Yuletide Zeppelin” (5:14 mp3):
This was scheduled to run on last Friday’s NPR All Things Con, but got canceled last minute — we’re still not sure why. That’s no reason y’all shouldn’t hear it, tho.
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