Wednesday 10 December 2014

In The Window - 108 - X-mess 2014 - Playlist

In The Window - 108 - X-mess 2014
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01 Annie Lennox - Summertime (5:12)
02 Birdy Daddy - The Multilingual Android (2:41)
03 Christopher Reyne - Ashes (3:35)
04 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Zim Zam Zim (2:18)
05 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Formless Depths (6:25)
06 Dana Gillespie - Cat's Meow (3:27)
07 Dana Gillespie - It's Alchemy (4:49)
08 Dog Police - Are You Middle Class Enough? (2:17)
09 Earther Kitt - Santa Baby (3:25)
10 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordon - Baby It's Cold Outside (2:46)
11 J.C. Heavy - Is This Really Me (3:12)
12 J.C. Heavy - Over My Brain (3:33)
13  Mister Stick - Where Would We Be Without Comic Books? (2:46)
14 Vincent Crane's Atomic Rooster - O.D. (3:19)
15 David Lynch - Sun Can't Be Seen No More (4:40)
16 Beach Boys - All Summer Long (Stereo Mix) (2:09)
17 Richard Youngs"Neon Desert" (1:37)

Annie Lennox - Summertime

Christopher Reyne - Space Oddity

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
"Zim Zam Zim/Want To Love" at The Haunt Brighton April 26 2014

"Nightmare" - 1968

"Nightmare" - Glastonbury Festival 2011


Dana Gillespie
"Cat's Meow"

Concert in Irvine California in 2011

Eartha Kitt

"I want to be evil"


on love and compromise

In Conversation

talks about being blacklisted by LBJ

As Catwoman

Driving her car

"I Love Men" - 1980's

'Uska Dara' (From 'Something Special' 1967)

"Cha Cha Heels" (with Bronski Beat 1989)

"Where is my Man"


Beach Boys The Lost Concert (1964)



Thursday 27 November 2014

In The Window - 106 - Playlist

In The Window - 106 - Gong Trilogy 2
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This weeks show continues Zero's adventures with the pot head pixies started in show #105.

The story so far :-  A pig-farming Egyptologist called Mista T Being is sold a "magick ear ring" by an "antique teapot street vendor & tea label collector" called Fred the Fish. The ear ring is capable of receiving messages from the Planet Gong via a pirate radio station called Radio Gnome Invisible. Being and Fish head off to the hymnalayas of Tibet (sic) where they meet the "great beer yogi" Banana Ananda in a cave. Ananda tends to chant "Banana Nirvana Mañana" a lot and gets drunk on Foster's Australian Lager.  Meanwhile, the mythology's central character, Zero the Hero, is going about his everyday life when he suddenly has a vision in Charing Cross Road. He is compelled to seek heroes and starts worshipping the Cock Pot Pixie, one of a number of Pot Head Pixies from the Planet Gong. These pixies are green with propellers on their heads, and they fly around in teapots.  Zero is soon distracted by a cat which he offers his fish and chips to. The cat is actually the Good Witch Yoni, who gives Zero a potion.  Zero falling to sleep under the influences of the potion and finding himself floating through space. After accidentally scaring a space pilot called Captain Capricorn, Zero locates the Planet Gong, and spends some time with a prostitute who introduces him to the moon goddess Selene.

The story continues :-

Gong
    2A-6 Selene (3:38)
    2B-1 Flute Salad (2:08)
    2B-2 Oily Way (3:37)
    2B-3 Outer Temple (1:08)
    2B-4 Inner Temple (3:20)
    2B-6 Love is How U Make It (3:24)
    2B-7 I Niver Glid Before (5:39)
    2B-8 Eat That Phone Book Coda (3:08)
    2B-9 Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues (5:04)
    3-03 Magick Mother Invocation (2:06)
    3-04 Master Builder (6:05)
    3-01 Thought for Naught (1:33)
    3-02 A PHPs Advice (1:47)
    3-05 A Sprinkling of Clouds (8:56)
    3-06 Perfect Mistery (2:27)

    Scott Walker - Face On Breast (5:15)


Gong
I Never Glid Before - (Live 1973)

Witch's Song, I Am Your Pussy - (Live 1973)

You & Angel's Egg Medley - São Paulo - 24th May 2013


Scott Walker
Documentary - BBC Late Show 1995





Saturday 22 November 2014

In The Window - 105 - Playlist

In The Window - 105 - Gong Trilogy 1
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Gong
    1-1 Radio Gnome Invisible (5:33)
    1-2 Flying Teapot (11:52)
    1-3 The Pot Head Pixies (2:59)
    1-4 The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine (1:47)
    1-5 Zero The Hero And The Witches Spell (9:35)
    1-6 Witches Song - I Am Your Pussy (5:05)
    2A-1 Other Side of the Sky (7:40)
    2A-2 Sold to the Highest Buddha (3:12)
    2A-3 Castle in the Clouds (2:18)
    2A-4 Prostitute Poem (5:02)
    2A-5 Givin My Luv to You (0:42)

    The Toilet Bowl Cleaners - Wiping My Bum With My Hand (1:46)

Gong on TV
When this Gong concert was broadcast on Yorkshire TV the moment it started a huge electrical storm hit the county and the picture was repeatedly interrupted by blasts of white noise - when the show finished the storm just dissipated - just saying - ?
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/


the below is from http://www.planetgong.co.uk/cosmo/source.shtml
get inFormation 
direct from source! 
tele-pot
sometimes I am one with everything that exists, including you
at these times 
i know you inside out 
i know everything inside out 
i also know nothing

This is a science anybody can practice, we call it telepot contact
tele = telepathic 
pot = receiver / receptacle 
contact = sensation of oneness with all the others in the whole world doing the same thing
when does it all happen? 21:00 GMT (9pm)
join your brothers and sisters on the telepathic airways…
what else do we contact?
this is the mystery of gong. nobody stops you from knowing but yourself.
the use of drugs to obtain similar states of mind is not recommended

The meditation method given to the Dartington Solar Quest is intended to help people of all ages to reach their higher selves while remaining physically aware. It is an exercise that helps consciousness to extend into areas that are normally only met with during sleep and to retain memory of what is experienced. It is a process that rebuilds the rainbow bridge between the physical and the spiritual levels, making a whole of that which has been divided by humankind for too long a time.

The meditation should be done in an airy room using a focal point such as a lighted candle if desired. A comfortable, upright sitting position should be chosen, either on the floor or in a chair, preferably a position in which you support you back yourself. A few minutes should then be given to ensure physical relaxation and a quietened mind.

Students should always start each meditation in prayer or invocation, tuning in to the highest in order that those concerned will guard and guide them during this period. Following the prayer, students should focus their attention upon their breathing. when the breathing has deepened, two brief pauses should be introduced into the rhythm, one at the end of each intake of breath, and the other at the end of each exhalation. Do not strain, try to relax.

On each intake of breath, students should visualize the drawing up of energy through the feet from the earth below. On the exhaling of breath, students should visualize the drawing down of the higher force and the merging of the two with expectancy and awareness.
There are many other techniques and variations of meditation to explore - the one above is offered as a hopefully clear starting point.




Saturday 15 November 2014

In The Window - 104 - Playlist

In The Window - 104 -  Lusty Nurses
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   01 Alex Puddu - Lusty Nurses (4:16)
   02 Alex Puddu - Kinky Hairdresser (3:53)
   03 After Dinner - A Walnut (4:29)
   04 After Dinner - KA-NO-PU-SU-NO-HA-KO (7:54)
   05 George L. Boston - The Final Houdini Seance side 1 (14:16)
   06 George L. Boston - The Final Houdini Seance side 2 (13:05)
   07 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - Moog Power - Dizzy (2:58)
   08 Voices From Possesed Children (1978) - 01 - (3:53)
   09 Voices From Possesed Children (1978) - 02 - (2:54)


Harry Houdini footage














Friday 7 November 2014

In The Window - 103 - Playlist

In The Window - 103 - Bungy Girl
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01 Boothby Graffoe - Bungy Girl (4:02) 
02 David Bowie - The Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud (rare b-side version) (4:54) 
03 David Bowie - London Bye Ta-Ta (stereo version) (2:35) 
04 Hermanos Calatrava - Space Oddity (4:18) 
05 Jazzy Ash - Monsters (2:57) 
06 Annie Lennox - Summertime (5:12) 
07 Mother Gong - Time (7:26) 
08 The Rattles - The Witch (2:58) 
09 Heliocentrics & Melvin Van Peebles - Trust the Cosmos (3:47) 
10 Maggie Bjorklund - Walking (3:17) 
11 Family - Holding The Compass(Live) (4:13) 
12 Groundation - Gone a Cementery (4:31)
13 Fartbarf - Warp Whistle (3:50) 
14 Edward Ka-Spel - The Sad Society (4:33)

Boothby Graffoe & Kevin Hearn - "Bungee Girl" - The Grapes, Sheffield 18/02/09


Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards - Live!



Annie Lennox - "Summertime"



Mother Gong - Robot Woman




The Rattles - "The Witch"

Maggie Bjorklund - "Insekt"

Friday 17 October 2014

In The Window - 102 - Planet Dog
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18/10/2014 - 7:00 pm   &    19/10/2014 - 6:30 am
Eastern US time


01 Boothby Graffoe - Planet Dog (2:38) 
02 Wild Classical Music Ensemble - Dragon draak (2:47) 
03 Baudouin Oosterlynck - Oratorio (7:18) 
04 David - Hahahahaha (1:55) 
05 Divine Justice - Coming Down (3:55) 
06 Normand L'Amour - Y'a lâchait pas (4:05) 
07 Gesualdo - I Prima Parte (1:45) 
08 Johnny - I'm Happy / Je suis content (1:36) 
09 Loïc - Soulman (1:18) 
10 My Solid Ground - Flash (24:43) 
11 Michel-Frédéric - Let Me Sing / Laissez-moi chanter (1:02) 
12 Philippe - I've been looking (0:44) 
13 Fifth Dead - Bumble Bee (3:41)



Kevin Hearn and Boothby Graffoe - Bungee Girl - The Grapes, Sheffield 18/02/09



The Wild Classical Music Ensemble - in Madrid


Baudouin Oosterlynck


Divine Justice - Coming Down
their song "Coming Down" was chosen by Yoko Ono as one of three winners in the John Lennon 70th Birthday Anniversary Song Contest.


Normand L'Amour - La poignée de porte



NORMAND L'AMOUR - Y RAMAIS



























Friday 10 October 2014

In The Window - 101 - Kittens in a Bag
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01 Boothby Graffoe - Kittens in a Bag (3:36)
02 Georgia White - The Stuff Is Here (2:54)
03 Mr Sunshine - Marijuana, The Devil's Flower (2:45)
04 The Ink Spots - That Cat Is High (1938) (2:54)
05 Reinhard Mey - Sternblauer Trenchcoat (5:43)
06 Suzanna & Karsten Troyke - Der Sog (3:18)
07 Marianne Faithfull - Late Victorian Holocaust (4:26)
08 Marianne Faithfull - Falling Back (3:49)
09 Marianne Faithfull - Deep Water (3:07)
10 Marianne Faithfull - Mother Wolf (4:06)
11 Marianne Faithfull - True Lies (2:29)
12 After Dinner - Kitchen Life I (2:07)
13 After Dinner - Kitchen Life II (1:23)
14 Harlem Hamfats - Weed Smoker's Dream (3:20)
15 Big Mama Thornton - Let's Go Get Stoned (4:31)
16 Ella Fitzgerald - Wacky Dust (3:01)
17 David Bowie - Quicksand (4:45)


Boothby Graffoe

"Kittens in a Bag"


"Denmark"


"be my yoko ono"  with Barenaked Ladies

The Ink Spots

"If I Didn't Care"



Marianne Faithfull
"Broken English"

"As Tears Go By" (1964)

Broken English a film by Derek Jarman (1979)


Ella Fitzgerald - "Summertime" (1968)


David Bowie "Quicksand" Live Port Chester 1997











Friday 26 September 2014

In The Window - 100 - Playlist

In The Window - 100
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Fish Police :- 
"Japanese Girl" / "Chicken Nuggets"

Fairport Convention :- Liege & Lief (1969)
"Come All Ye" (Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings) – 4:55 
"Reynardine" (traditional, arranged by Fairport) – 4:33 
"Matty Groves" (trad., arr. Fairport) – 8:08 
"Farewell, Farewell" (Richard Thompson) – 2:38
"The Deserter" (trad., arr. Fairport) – 4:10 
Medley (trad., arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 4:00 
"The Lark in the Morning"
"Rakish Paddy"
"Foxhunters' Jig"
"Toss the Feathers"
"Tam Lin" (trad., arr. Swarbrick) – 7:20 
"Crazy Man Michael" (Thompson, Swarbrick) – 4:35

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) :-
"Rest Cure"  –  2:48
"Child Of My Kingdom"  – 7:02


Fish Police

The Fish Police were the first band on the first show and so I start show 100 with them see them at :- https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFishPoliceChannel

"Japanese Girl"

Live at the Decibel Arts Showcase September 2009


Fairport Convention
"Farewell, Farewell" a new arrangement. Denmark, Odense 2014 March 28th.

Sandy Denny (1975)the only known professionally filmed Sandy Denny footage with Fairport Convention


with Robert Plant - "The Battle Of Evermore"
Robert Plant and Kristina Donahue guest with Fairport Convention to perform Led Zeppelin's "The Battle Of Evermore" at Cropredy 2008.  This was played as tribute to Sandy Denny on the 30th Anniversary of her death


Fairport At Rockpalast 1976 (52:00)
The tracks are:
01. Introduction 
02. come and Get It
03. The Limey's Lament
04. Sir B. McKenzie
05. Dan's Acoustic Thing
06. When First Into This Country
07. Our Band
08. Lay Me DOwn Easy
09. Cropredy Capers
10. Dirty Linen
11. Our Band
12. Closing

The lineup for this version of Fairport Convention  :- :Dave Swarbrick: vocals, violin, mandolin, autoharp  :Dave Pegg: bass, mandolin, vocals  :Bruce Rowland: drums  :Dan Ar Braz: guitars, vocals  :Roger Burridge: violin, mandolin  :Bob Brady: piano, vocals


The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

"Nightmare - 1968" -  (From Peter Sykes' 1968 head-trip film "The Committee") And my personal favorite Brown footage :-)


"Fire" - on TOTP 1968


"I Put A Spell On You" / "Spontaneous Apple Creation" @ Zu 13/03/2013

"The Unknown" (2014)

I decided to shave off the beard to see what was underneath and you can see why I am growing it back as fast as possible



So if you have been then thanks for listening, and I hope you will - turn on and tune in - for the next hundred shows.