Show 073: Sweet Potato Kugel – Playlist and Archived Stream

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Today on Listen Up! We celebrate Thanksgivukkah a few days early. The mash up of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah is happening so the Listen Up! show is burning the midnight lamp, giving thanks and love. We will enjoy music and the making of a Sweet Potato Bourbon Noodle Kugel. (click link for recipe).

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song) 
Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Mic Break Music

Yid Vicious  – Selections from Klez, Kez, Goy Mit Fez (2000) and Forverts! (2001)

Jimi Hendrix Experience – Burning of The Midnight Lamp – Electric Ladyland – 1968
Grateful Dead – Till The Morning Comes – American Beauty – 1970
Little Eva – Let’s Turkey Trot – Various Artists:  The Dimension Dolls ‎ -1963

Wimple Winch – Pumpkin Pie – Various ‎Artists:  Incredible Sound Show Stories Vol.3 – 200 Feet Deep In A Purple Idea – 196?
Pink Floyd – Let There Be More Light – A Saucerful of Secrets -1968
The Lykes of Us – Tel Me Why Your Light Shines
Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up – Screamadelica -1991

Fairport Convention – Now Be Thankful – Full House – 1970
William S. Burroughs – A Thanksgiving Prayer – Dead City Radio – 1990
Prince Buster & Baba Brooks – Thanksgiving – What A Hard Man Fe Dead -1967
The LeeVees – Applesauce Vs. Sour Cream – Hanukkah Rocks -2005
Mushugga Beach Party – Latkes – Hot Rod Hanukkah -2011

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – Pumpkin Pie – Dracula Boots -2009
The JB’s – Pass The Peas – Funky Good Time: The Anthology – 1972
Harold Burrage – You Eat Too Much- Various Artists: Goin’ Down to Eli’s: 1956-1958 – 1956

Gradie O’Neil – Turkey Neck Stretch – Various Artists:  Sin Alley Volume One – 1956
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt 3 – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll -1979
Slim and Slam – Matzoh Balls – Matzoh Balls – 1939

Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving – Therapy – 1989
Ray Davies – Thanksgiving Day – Other People’s Lives – 2006
Brave Combo – Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, Hora – It’s Christmas, Man! -1992
Lincoln Chase – Hot Biscuits & Sweet Marie – Various Artists:
We Wrote ‘Em And We Sing ‘Em -1961

Zaky Soloman Isaac – Yom Simha – Various Artists: Shir Hodu: Jewish Song from Bombay of the ’30s – 193?

Abayudaya – Hinei Ma’ Tov – Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish people of Uganda -2003

Dick Dale – Hava Nagila – King Of The Surf Guitar -1963

The Beatles – Eight Days A Week –  Beatles For Sale -1964
Big Star – Thank You Friends – Third/Sister Lovers – 1978
The Robins – Turkey Hop (Part 1) – Various Artists:  Street Corner Symphonies The Complete Story of Doo Wop, Vol. 2 – 1950

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Happy Thanksgivukkah!

The Listen Up! Radio Program is celebrating Thanksgivukkah on Monday, November 25th from 2-4pm EST with music as well as cooking a dish for the occasion.

SWEET POTATO BOURBON NOODLE KUGEL

Serves 10-12

INGREDIENTS
Casserole
4 medium sweet potatoes
4 tablespoons Knob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon
one 1-lb package wide egg noodles
6 eggs
¼ cup brown sugar
1 ½ lb full-fat cottage cheese
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), melted
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to salt water for noodles
Topping
2 cups corn flakes
1 cup whole shelled pecan halves, coarsely chopped
¼ cup unsalted butter (½ stick)
¼ cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 400°F.

– Wrap sweet potatoes individually in foil and roast in the oven until soft and completely cooked through, about 1 hour.
– Let cool completely. Peel skin off sweet potatoes using your hands (and a table knife, if it helps), then cut into slices and puree with the bourbon in a blender or food processor until completely smooth. This should yield about 3 cups of puree. If you yield more than 3 cups, set the excess aside for another use or discard.

– Lower oven to 350°F.

– In a pot of heavily salted water, cook the egg noodles al dente (about 5 minutes, or 2 minutes less than the package directions say). Pour into a colander to drain, running cold water over the noodles until they are cool to stop the cooking. Drain thoroughly.

– In a very large bowl, beat eggs, then add brown sugar and beat just until combined. Add cottage cheese, melted butter, and the sweet potato puree, then mix with a rubber spatula until combined. Finally, add salt and the cooked noodles, and mix with a spatula until combined.

– Pour noodle mixture into a 9×13-inch baking dish. Bake uncovered for 50 minutes (if noodles start to brown during this time, cover your baking dish with foil).

– While kugel is baking, prepare the pecan topping: First, put the cornflakes in a Ziploc bag and crush with your hands. The cornflakes should be in small pieces, but not dust.
– Next, brown butter in a medium saucepan. When butter is brown, turn off your head and add sugar, chopped pecans and crushed cornflakes and stir with a spatula until just combined.

-After it has baked for the full 50 minutes, remove kugel from the oven and sprinkle pecan mixture on top in an even layer. Bake, uncovered, for another 30 minutes, or until set. If pecans start to brown before kugel is set, cover with foil.

Serve immediately.

Show 072: What Recordings Shall Surface?

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Today Listen Up! explores the dark shadows and empty hallways that contain soundscapes, littered with intrigue and a subtle whimsical optimism, along with sometimes slightly disturbing, portraits of the human condition.

Note: The first five minutes of the program are not here due to a technical issue when recording.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song) 
Mic Break Music

David Bowie – Selections from Low and Heroes – 1977

The Church – The Night Is Very Soft – Sing-Songs -1982
Durutti Column – Smile In The Crowd – Another Setting -1983
David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto – I Won’t Be Disappointed (World Citizen) – World Citizen – 2003
Steve Hackett – How Can I? – Please Don’t Touch – 1978

Legendary Pink Dots – Princess Coldheart – Crushed Velvet Apocalypse – 1993
All About Eve – Don’t Follow Me (March Hare) – Return To Eden -2002
Sebastian Tellier – Fantino – L’Incroyable Vérité  -2000
Syd Barrett – Golden Hair  – The Madcap Laughs – 1970

Tuxedomoon – In A Manner of Speaking – Holy Wars -1985
Beck – Chemtrails – Modern Guilt   -2008
The Flaming Lips (with Erykah Badu) – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends -2012

Magazine – Parade – Real Life -2007
Ultravox! – Artificial Life – Ha! Ha! Ha! – 1977
The Psychedelic Furs – We Love You – The Psychedelic Furs -1980
Roxy Music – Both Ends Burning – Siren – 1975

Neu! – Hero – Neu 75 – 1975
Talking Heads – Memories Can’t Wait – Fear of Music – 1979
Eno – I’ll Come Running – Another Green World – 1975

The Chameleons – Up The Down Escalator – Script of The Bridge – 1983
XTC- The Somnambulist – Black Sea – 1980
Teardrop Explodes – Tiny Children – Wilder – 1981

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Show 071: More Mid Afternoon Audio Indulgences – Playlist and Archived Stream

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Today Listen Up! wields surrealistic songs and sounds into a sonic stew for mid afternoon audio indulgences.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)
Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Mic Break Music

Various ‎– The In-Kraut Vol. 2 – 2006
Jim Dickinson – O How She Dances – Dixie Fried – 1972
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – Cuban Rebel Girl – The World We Knew – 1987
The Ikettes – Camel Walk – Nobody Loves Me / Camel Walk
Bobby Parker – Watch Your Step – Various Artists:John Lennon’s Jukebox -1961
Moby Grape – Never – Grape Jam – 1968

Saxie Russell – El Monkey – Various Artists: Tittyshakers – Crawlin’ – 1968
The Hip Sound – Far Out -Far Out -1968
Rufus Harley – Eight Miles High – Kings And Queens -1970

The Royal Teens – Sham Rock – Sham Rock /Big Name Button -1958
The Gentrys – Brown Paper Sack – Keep On Dancing – 1965
Manfred Mann – Tired of Trying, Bored Of Lying, Scared of Dying – Down The Road Apiece – Their EMI Recordings 1963-1966  -1965
Nathaniel Mayer With The Fortune Bravos – I Want Love And Affection (Not the House of Correction) – I Want Love And Affection / From Now On -1966

Mr. Airplane Man – Jesus on The Mainline – Moanin’ -2002
Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis – The Lonesome Death of Johnny Ace – Indian Giver -2008

The Voltage – It’s A Man’s Man’s World – Various Artists:  Banzai Freakbeat -196?
Bill Coday – A Woman Rules The World – Right On Baby: The Crajon Recordings -1971
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band – Nowadays a Woman’s Gotta’ Hit A Man – Clear Spot – 1972

The Deep Six – C’mon Baby – The Deep Six – 1966
The Fugs – Crystal Liason – It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest -1968
The Hombres – Am I High – Let It All Hang Out – 1967
Titanics – High On Drugs – The Titanics – 1990

Flamin’ Groovies – High Flyin’ Baby – Teenage Head – 1071
Howlin’ Wolf – Chocolate Drop – My Baby Walked Off (Sun Records 1951 -1953) – 1953
Chocolate Watch Band – Sweet Young Thing – Various Artists: Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 -1966
Link Wray & The Wraymen – Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961 – 1960

The Sheep – Hide & Seek – Hide & Seek / Twelve Months Later -1966
The Cindermen – Don’t Do It Some More – Various Artists: Pebbles Vol. 8 -1966
The Gun Club – For The Of Ivy – Fire Of Love – 1981

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Show 070: Remembering Lou Reed – Playlist and Archived Stream

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This Monday (November 4th), Listen Up! remembers Lou Reed.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Mic Break Music

Jimmy Castor ( Everything Man, The ) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch  ‎– Walk on The Wild Side –  Jimmy Castor (The Everything Man) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch – 1974
Velvet Underground – Guess I’m Falling In Love (Instrumental Version) – Another View – 1967

Jonathan Richman – Velvet Underground – I, Jonathan – 1992
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man – The Velvet Underground & Nico – 1967
Velvet Underground – Ocean – VU – 1969
The Roughnecks – You’re Driving Me Insane – Various Artists: Yeah Yeah Yeah -1965
THe Beachnuts – Cycle Annie – Various Artists: Out of Sight! -1966

Lou Reed – Street Hassle – Street Hassle – 1978
Lou Reed – Men of Good Fortune – Berlin – 1973
Lou Reed – Billy – Sally Can’t Dance – 1974

Rainy Day – I’ll Be Your Mirror – 1984
Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground – 1969
Lou Reed – Perfect Day – Transformer – 1972
Velvet Underground – Here She Comes Now – White Light/White Heat – 1968
David Bowie – White Light/White Heat –

Lou Reed – Kill Your Sons – Sally Can’t Dance – 1974
Lou Reed – Families – The Bells – 1979
Lou Reed – Sad Song – Berlin -1973
Lou Reed – Vicious – Transformer – 1972
Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs – The Velvet Underground & Nico – 1967

Lou Reed – Underneath The Bottle –  The Blue Mask – 1982
Velvet Underground – I Can’t Stand It – VU-  1969
Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane – !969 The Velvet Underground Live – 1969

Closing Theme
Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll – Loaded -1970

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Show 069: It’s A Cool Ghoul – Playlist and Archived Stream

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This Monday (October 28th) the Listen Up! cool ghoul party is taking place with your yearly dose of slimy and zany obscuro rock and roll, graveyard stompers and assorted other tricks and treats of a Halloweeny nature.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

Opening Theme Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level

Mic Break Music
Los Straitjackets – Selections from Mondo Zombie Boogaloo

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level
The Fuzztones – Happy Halloween
The Calico Wall – I’m The Living Sickness
The Duponts – Screamin Ball
Screaming Lord Such – All Black and Hairy

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – The Whammy
Jack Kittel – Psycho
Porter Wagoner – The First Mrs. Jones

The Emersons – Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
The Fleshtones – Haunted Hipster
Comateens – The Munsters Theme

The Driving Stupid – Horror Asparagus Stories
The Green Slime – The Green Slime
Headless Horsemen – Cellar Dwellar
Johnny Fever – Zombie
Roky Erickson & The Aliens – I Walked With A Zombie

The Dream Syndicate – Halloween
The Cramps – Human Fly
The Upperclassmen – Cha- Cha With The Zombies
Ann Magnuson – Sex With The Devil

Big Boy Groves – Bucket O’ Blood
Los Sleepers – El Zombie
Big Bee Kornegay & Group – At The House of Frankenstein
Rolf Harris – Dislocation Twist

The Poindexter Bros. – Booga Man
The Swing Rays – Hello-O-Ween

Danny Ware – The Zombie Stomp
Jackie Morningstar – Rockin In The Graveyard
Bobby Please – The Monster
Cathy Mills – Monster Hop
Southern Culture On The Skids – The Loneliest Ghost In Town

The Symbols – Do The Zombies
The Mark IV – Dante’s Inferno
Ronnie Cook – Goo Goo Muck
Slickee Boys – The Brain That Refused To Die

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune

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Are You Ready To Testify!

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The entire MC5 documentary is up. It’s a great rock film and has only been seen at a few preview screenings and on bootlegs. The director spent years making it and at the very last minute Wayne Kramer made a cash grab on the music licensing, preventing its official release. It’s sort of tragic and perfectly in sync with the bands seemingly doomed agenda. If you’ve always wondered what the fuss about the MC5 was, take some time to watch some of it. You might get blown away. Truly an exciting live act.

Show 068: Afternoon Music Cravings – Playlist and Archived Stream

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This Monday (October 21st) on Listen Up!: More servings from an aural menu designed to satisfy those afternoon music cravings of the snack variety

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Mic Break Music

101 Strings – Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000 -1968

The Rolling Stones – Can You Hear The Music – Goats Head Soup – 1973
David Bowie – Holy Holy – Holy Holy/Black Country Rock -1971
Jim Carroll Band – Wicked Gravity – Catholic Boy – 1980
Willie Alexander & The Boom Boom Band – Hair -Willie Alexander & The Boom Boom Band – 1978

Pere Ubu – Final Solution – Final Solution / Cloud 149 -1976
Television – Venus  Marquee Moon – 1977
The Twinkeyz – Aliens In Our Midst – Aliens In Our Midst – Complete Recordings 1977-1980 -1977
Wire – Map Ref. 41n 93w – 154 – 1979

Julian Cope – Up-Wards At 45 Degrees – Jehovahkill – 1992
Roy Harper – Big Fat Silver Aeroplane – Sophisticated Beggar -1966
Robyn Hitchcock – Love – Black Snake Diamond Role-1981
Pink Floyd – Cymbaline – More – 1969

Sneakers – Condition Red – Nonsequitur Of Silence -1976
Big Star – Give Me Another Chance – #1 Record – 1972
The Posies – Licenses To Hide – Blood + Candy – 2010
Game Theory – Here It Is Tomorrow – Big Shot Chronicles – 1986

 

The Three O’Clock – A Day In Erotica – Sixteen Tambourines -1983
The Residents – Boots – Meet The Residents – 1974
Neutral Milk Hotel – King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea -1998
The Olivia Tremor Control – Jumping Fences – Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle -1996
The Nazz – Forget All About It – Nazz Nazz – 1969
The Apples In Stereo – Seems So – Tone Soul Evolution -2006

The Flamin’ Groovies – You Tore Me Down – Shake Some Action – 1976
Mary Hopkin – Goodbye – Those Were The Days -1969
Fleetwood Mac – Jewel Eyed Judy – Kiln House  -1970
The Kinks – Sweet Lady Genevieve – Preservation Act 1 – 1973

Flop – The Great Valediction – Whenever You’re Ready -1993
Myracle Brah – Love Is – Life on Planet Eartsnop -1998
The Chills – Heavenly Pop Hit – Submarine Bells -1990

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Show 067: Mind Melting Cocktails – Playlist and Archived Stream

listenup067 Another decadent mind melting cocktail filled with assorted flavors of music is waiting for you to sip and savour on Listen Up! What will be heard? Tune in and find out.

Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Robyn Hitchcock – It’s A Mystic Trip – Invisible Hitchcock – 1986

Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Interplanetary Music – Interstellar Low Ways – 1965

NRBQ – Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr Howard – Boppin’ The Blues – 1970

The Turtles – Grim Reaper Of Love – Solid Zinc: The Turtles Anthology -1966

Rotary Connection – The Burning of the Midnight Lamp – Songs -1969

The Third Eye – Valley Of Sadness – Various Artists: Love, Peace & Poetry vol. 8 – African Psychedelic Music – 1969

Erkin Koray – Korkulu Rüya – Elektronik Türküler -1974

Gong – Mister Long Shanks: O Mother I Am You Fantasy – Camembert Electrique -1971

Freedoms Children – Kafkasque – Love, Peace & Poetry vol. 8 – African Psychedelic Music – 1968

Amon Düül II – I Can’t Wait, Pt. 1 & 2 – Hijack -1974

Death and Vanilla – The Unseeing Eye – Death and Vanilla -2012

The Warlocks – Baby Blue – Phoenix -2003

Iron Butterfly – Slower Than Guns – Metamorphosis – 1974

The Rutles – Let’s Be Natural – The Rutles – 1978

Martin Gordon – If English Was Good Enough For Jesus – Include Me Out – 2013

Stackridge – Humilation – The Man In The Bowler Hat -1974

Sparks – Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth – Propaganda – 1974

Fleetwood Mac – Dust – Bare Trees – 1972

Brain Auger& The Trinity w/ Julie Driscoll – I’ve Gotta Go Now – Open – 1968

The Woo Woo’s – Ooh Ooh! – Various Artists: Ooh Ooh! Hotpie & Candy Records Original Raw Soul Vol 1 -1996

The GTV’s – Sleeper Agent – 2013

Wayne Cochran – The Coo – Various Artists: R&B Humdingers Vol.1 -1959

Ike & Tina Turner – You Can’t Miss Nothing You Never Had – You Can’t Miss Nothing That You Never Had / God Gave Me You -1963

Willi J and Co. – Boogie With Your Baby – Various Artists: Keb Darge’s Legendary Deep Funk, Vol. 3 -1976

The Dictators – Two Tub Man – Go Girl Crazy! – 1975

Mott The Hoople – Thunderbuck Ram – Mad Shadows – 1970

Hollywood Brats – Nightmare – Hollywood Brats -1973

Icewater – Looking Forward – I Am The Cosmos (Deluxe Edition)  – 197?

Wings – Medicine Jar – Venus And Mars – 1975

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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