11: I looked to the stars // tried all of the bars
Hola amigos,
On Freeform this week, I brought my love for Willie Nelson’s music to the radio waves with a special tribute to the Red-Headed Stranger. I played two hours of my favorite songs of Willie’s, covering a few forgotten corners of his incredible body of his work. DJ Muntz joined me again, and he brought some dub reggae to add to the mix, which seems right on for a Willie-themed show. Thanks again to all my friends who listen and say nice things about my show–it’s great to reconnect with music and radio!
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JULY 25, 2018
TO WILLIE, FROM DJ MR. MOM
David Bowie “A New Career in a New Town” [Low]
Willie Nelson “Help Me Make It Through the Night” [Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)]
Willie Nelson “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” [The Sound In Your Mind]
Willie Nelson “There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight” [Country Willie]
Waylon Jennings “I Can Get off on You - Remastered” [Waylon & Willie]
Willie Nelson “Phases And Stages (Theme)/Washing The Dishes” [Phases And Stages]
Willie Nelson “Phases And Stages (Theme)/Walkin’” [Phases And Stages]
Willie Nelson “City of New Orleans” [City Of New Orleans]
Willie Nelson “San Antonio Rose” [Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style]
Johnny Clarke “A Version of Class” [Justice Dub: Rare Dubs From Justice Records`]
Willie Nelson “Whiskey River” [Shotgun Willie]
The Highwaymen “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” [Highwayman]
Willie Nelson “That’s the Way Love Goes” [To Lefty From Willie]
Willie Nelson “Tougher Than Leather” [Tougher Than Leather]
Willie Nelson “Pick Up The Tempo” [Honeysuckle Rose - Music From The Original Soundtrack]
Merle Haggard “Pancho and Lefty” [Pancho & Lefty]
Willie Nelson “Uncloudy Day” [The Troublemaker]
Willie Nelson “Bloody Merry Morning” [Spotlight on Willie Nelson Featuring Bloody Merry Morning]
Willie Nelson “Let It Be Me” [Always On My Mind]
Willie Nelson “She’s Not For You” [Shotgun Willie]
Willie Nelson “Midnight Rider” [Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)]
Willie Nelson “If You Can Touch Her at All - Remastered” [Waylon & Willie]
Willie Nelson “Me and Paul” [Yesterday’s Wine]
Willie Nelson “Always On My Mind” [Always On My Mind]
Willie Nelson “Denver” [Red Headed Stranger]
Willie Nelson “O’er the Waves” [Red Headed Stranger]
Willie Nelson “Down Yonder” [Red Headed Stranger]
Willie Nelson “Can I Sleep in Your Arms” [Red Headed Stranger]
Willie Nelson “Hands on the Wheel” [Red Headed Stranger]
Willie Nelson “Bandera” [Red Headed Stranger]
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A few folks have asked about shows from earlier this year/old newsletters, so for a short time, I will leave the archives of the newsletters up. You can access them at https://tinyletter.com/nxlonelyhearts/archive. Last I checked, the links were still working from earlier this year, but the radio station generally deletes archived shows after six months.
I’ll be gone next week (Aug 1st) to see Willie in concert, and DJ Muntz is planning on subbing for my show. Do not miss his solo return to the airwaves, maybe with a guest spot from Buffalo Bill?
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COMMENTS:
Last week’s show was a pretty good time, trading songs with Muntz.
JULY 18, 2018
HALF OF ME IS OCEAN // HALF OF ME IS SKY
David Bowie “A New Career in a New Town” [Low]
Ramsey Lewis “Sun Goddess” [Sun Goddess]
Parliament “All Your Goodies Are Gone” [Up For The Down Stroke]
Digable Planets “Where I’m From” [Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)]
Paperboy “Ditty” [The Nine Yards]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Walls - Circus” [Walls 7”]
Eddie and Ernie “That’s The Way It Is” [Time Waits For No One]
Lee “Scratch” Perry “Who You Gonna Run to” [Scratch Attack!]
Freddie Scott “Powerful Love” [You Got What I Need/Powerful Love 7”]
Prince “Erotic City” [The Hits/The B-Sides]
Bloodstone “Natural High” [Natural High]
Curtis Mayfield “Hard Times” [There’s No Place Like America Today]
Toussaint McCall “Nothing Takes the Place of You” [Nothing Takes the Place of You]
Aretha Franklin “Do Right Woman - Do Right Man” [I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You]
Black Star “Definition” [Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star]
Lonnie Holley “I Woke Up in a Fed-Up America” [I Woke Up in a Fed-Up America]
The B-52’s “Give Me Back My Man” [Wild Planet]
Myke Bogan “If You Wanna Know” [Joe Fontana]
Triston Palma “Fancyness” [Black Solidarity Presents String Up the Sound System]
Earth & Stone “Feelings” [Kool Roots]
Earth & Stone “That’s The Way You Fell” [Kool Roots]
Alpha and Omega “Roll River” [Roll River 7”]
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band “PIMP” [55]
El Michels Affair “4th Chamber” [Return to the 37th Chamber]
Joe Simon “Drowning In The Sea Of Love” [Drowning In The Sea Of Love]
Aphex Twin “Windowlicker” [Windowlicker]
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Big personal milestone for me this week–I’ll be celebrating my 40th birthday on Saturday. I’m excited to see family and friends and celebrate this weekend. The big party is happening Friday night the 27th (tonight!). I booked a show at Turn! Turn! Turn!, with my favorite rock band (Point Juncture, WA) opening for my favorite Hip-Hop MC (Fountaine). Here’s a nice writeup the show got from Ciara Dolan of the Portland Mercury. My friends and I will be selecting records before/between/after sets, so come hang!
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Last week, I was remiss in my failure to share with you links to the show that my friends Joshua, Amy, & Kate hosted at the end of June, covering for me while I was on vacation at the Oregon Coast. It was a lovely, water-themed show, and I was able to tune in and listen while I was sitting around the fire with friends in the coastal dusk. The breath-taking run from Siouxsie to Cocteau Twins to R.E.M. to Echo & the Bunnymen’s “Ocean Rain” was perfect. Joshua hosts Static + Distance, my favorite show on the station. Well worth checking out his archives and social media, he’s a great DJ around town as well. Amy (a.k.a. Stellar Luna) often joins Kate on her program, the Silver Gold, and it is my favorite show on the station. As well. They are all three magical humans.
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JUNE 27, 2018
Pacific Ocean Blue w/ DJs Stellar Luna + Katherine
Substitute DJ: Joshua Justice
Marc Barreca “School for Whales” [Twilight]
Dennis Wilson “Pacific Ocean Blues” [Pacific Ocean Blue]
Paul McCartney “Waterfalls” [McCartney II]
Fairport Convention “A Sailor’s Life” [Meet On The Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975)]
Oregon “Tide Pool” [Winter Light]
múm “Sleep/Swim” [Finally We Are No One]
Josephine Foster “Underwater Daughter” [Blood Rushing]
The Beach Boys “Lonely Sea” [Surfin’ USA]
Badly Drawn Boy “Fall In A River” [The Hour Of Bewilderbeast]
Miracle Fortress “Beach Baby” [Five Roses]
Elis Regina “Águas De Marco” [Elis]
Martin Denny “Ebb Tide” [Exotica Volume II]
Sigur Rós “Starálfur” [Ágætis Byrjun]
Shelley Short “Harmonium Song (to the ocean)” [Pacific City]
Ris Paul Ric “Purple Blaze” [Purple Blaze]
Jessica Pratt “Mother Big River” [Jessica Pratt]
Dorothy Ashby “My Ship” [ Soft Winds: The Swinging Harp Of Dorothy Ashby ]
Siouxsie “Sea Of Tranquility” [Mantaray]
Cocteau Twins “Sea, Swallow Me” [The Moon and the Melodies]
R.E.M. “Nightswimming” [Automatic For The People]
Echo & the Bunnymen “Ocean Rain” [Ocean Rain]
Boards of Canada “Satellite Anthem Icarus” [The Campfire Headphase]
Julee Cruise “Floating” [Floating Into The Night]
Labyrinth Ear “Walk on the Moon (Arthur Russell Remix)” [???]
Julianna Barwick “Beached” [Will]
Alice Coltrane “Lovely Sky Boat” [A Monastic Trio]
Audrey Hepburn “Moon River (From Breakfast at Tiffany’s)” [Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)]
The Cascades “Rhythm Of The Rain” [Rhythm Of The Rain]
Linda Perhacs “Dolphin” [Parallelograms]
John Fahey “Intro to Ocean Waves/Ocean Waves” [Rain Forests, Oceans, & Other Themes]
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Thanks friends,
Andy // DJ Mr. Mom
North Portland
July 27, 2018