play list - 03/26/2009 - Tibetan Monks Visit from India

Really fun show today. As the second installment of my religions of the world series, I was very fortunate to have on my show today the Tibetan monks visiting Kansas City from the Drepung Gomang monastery in India. They are here for about 3 weeks, doing various events around town, hosted by the Rime Buddhist Center. They had a translator with them who spoke very good English. We talked for an hour about their visit, about Buddhism, and about the oppression of the Tibetan people by the Chinese government. These monks, like many Tibetans, fled Tibet and are living as refugees in India. The monks also performed two chants that sounded excellent.

So as a lead up to the interview I played all Indian music.

Track , Artist , Album , Label
-- forest dreams , Midival Punditz , midival punditz , six degrees
-- culture move , asian dub foundation , rafi's revenge , slash
-- red sun 4 , Anoushka Shankar , rise , Angel
-- Streets of Calcutta , ananda shankar , Ananda Shankar and His Music , Fallout
-- aa dekhen jara , r.d. burman w/ asha bhosle & kishore kumar , sitar beat! , guerilla reissues
-- cabaret dance music , Kalyani Anandjl , the bombay connection , normal records
-- dance music , govind-naresh , the bombay connection , normal records
-- hey maine , Kishore Kumar, lata mangeshkar , best of bollywood , universal
-- Ringa Ringa , A.R. Rahman , slumdog millionaire , interscope
-- chunari chunari , abhijeet and anuradha shriram , monsoon wedding , milan
-- jogi , panjabi mc , beware , sequence

Play list - 03/12/2009

Started with some electronic that had some violins and classical sounds to it, then played some EuroHit40 highlights, some French music, latin music, and more electronic from Canada.

I didn't find any good official videos that i haven't posted before, so here is a one-frame video of zoo york, the first song i played. i love this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOxkaNhujy4


i'm out of town next week, but the week after i'll have tibetan monks live on my show doing some chanting and talking about buddhism! they're visiting Kansas City for a couple weeks.

-- zoo york , oakenfold , bunkka , maverick
-- gutter snipe , arch cupcake , box of bees , patriarch
-- triumphant , royksopp , the understanding , astralwerks
-- here without you (verano club mix) , andrew spencer vs. lazard , single , capp
-- Boten Anna , BassHunter , LOL <(^^,)> , ultra
-- dolly song , holly dolly , pretty donkey girl , virgin
-- Wadidyusay? , zap mama , Ancestry in Progress , Luaka Bop
-- zap bebes , zap mama , Ancestry in Progress , Luaka Bop
-- j'veux d'la musique , les nubians , One Step Forward , omtown
-- c'est pas d'lamour , Rupa & The April Fishes , Extraordinary Rendition , Cumbancha
-- voila l'ete , Les Negresses Vertes , le grand deballage , Virgin france
-- Etrange , DobaCaracal , Quebec , Putumayo
-- Should I Stay or Should I Go , Los Fabulosos Cadillacs , La Luz del Ritmo , Nacional
-- el fin del amor , Los Fabulosos Cadillacs , La Luz del Ritmo , Nacional
-- what about , RH+ , quintana roo , nacional
-- nobody remix , fidel , crucial cuts , nacional
-- te amo dub , fidel , crucial cuts , nacional
-- latina , fusion body , strawberry cough , somuchsoul
-- the island of purple waterfall , Eightcubed , city life ep , the abstract branch
-- Intro , chromeo , Fancy Footwork , vice
-- You're So Gangsta , chromeo , Fancy Footwork , vice
-- la brunette est la , La Bottine Souriante , quebec , putumayo
-- shambala , Beastie Boys , Ill Communication , Grand Royal
-- one too many mornings , Chemical Brothers , exit planet dust , Astralwerks
-- timber , coldcut , Let Us Play , Ninja Tune
-- Namah Shivaya , Krishna Das , pilgrim heart , Triloka

play list 03/05/2009 - American Indian Spirituality

today was the first of a series of shows i'm doing where i'm inviting different representatives from the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council on to talk about their religion. i'm also hoping to fit music in whenever possible. so today was a good start, i had kara hawkins and stumbling deer on to talk about american indian spirituality. they also are musicians so they performed two improvisational songs using flute, rattle, drum, and vocals. i thought it went really well, i hope all the shows go this well. not sure who i'm having on next week, if anyone, but in three weeks i will have some tibetan buddhist monks on to chant and the week after that the representative of the bahai faith.

started the show off playing the two oscar nominated songs from slumdog millionaire, and some more electronic jazz, including mr. scruff. i didn't play this particular mr. scruff song, but its one of my favorites and i have played it many times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_CLIF1h-o


Song , artist , album , label
-- Jai Ho , a. r. rahman , Slumdog Millionaire , interscope
-- o...saya , A.R. Rahman and M.I.A. , slumdog millionaire , interscope
-- conceptions , 4hero , hed kandi 59 Serve Cihlled , hed kandi
-- Lush Life (Produced by Cee-Lo) , nat king cole , Re: Generations , capitol
-- Day In Day Out (Cut Chemist Remix) , nat king cole , Re: Generations , capitol
-- y ahora tu , Up, Bustle, & Out , trip hop and jazz , ninja tune
-- spandex man , mr. scruff , keep it unreal , ninja tune
-- ruperta / puede ser , novalima , Coba Coba , Cumbancha
-- Wadidyusay? , zap mama , Ancestry in Progress , Luaka Bop
-- miss.Q.In , zap mama , Ancestry in Progress , Luaka Bop
-- silence go boom , The Sons of Silence , heavyweight rib ticklers , unfold
-- Fideo (para aqui) , yeska , Skafrocubanjazz , aztlan
-- looking for north , Various Artists , sacred spirit 2: more chantes and dances of the native americans , higher octave
-- tuuli , Hedningarna , hedningarna 1989 - 2003 , Northside
-- jhoom , gabrielle roth and the mirrors , jhoom , raven