Podcast 31 Invisible Prisoner

This podcast contains:
Artist;Song; Album/Place

1. Salmonella Dub; Gifts(Shiva Dub); Heal Me Tonic
2. Ofo The Black Company; Allah Wakbarr; Nigeria 70
3. Bobby Benson and His Combo; Taxi Driver(I Don't Care); Marvellous Boy
4. Bibi Dens; Bonbon Rouge; Bibi Dens et Les Marymbas
5. New Cool Collective; Propellor;Trippin'
6. The Temptations; Ain't No Justice; 1990
7. J.J.Johnson; Wrap Up; Cleopatra Jones
8. The Clash; Time Is Tight; Super Black Market Clash
9. Lee"Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters; The Tackro; Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection
10. Kokolo; Mister Sinister; Africa 100
11. Groundation; Elements; Dub Wars
12. Neville Brothers; Sons and Daughters; Brother's Keeper
13. Jimi Hendrix; Star Spangled Banner; Kaui 30JUL1970

This podcast is dedicated to all the prisoners around and about, hope it provides some relief to those fortunate enough to have access to the internet. For those unable to access hopefully someone can pass the show along. Currently prison populations are an ever growing resource for certain business/vested interests and prison populations continue to grow at alarming rates.
"One in four prisoners in Australia is indigenous and their over-representation in the jail system is only getting worse, a new report states.
Aborigines are 13 times more likely to be locked up than other Australians, while the proportion of indigenous women being incarcerated has tripled in the past 20-odd years.
Half of the 10- to 17-year-olds in corrective institutions are indigenous." http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5678350/a-quarter-of-prisoners-are-indigenous/
With Aboriginal people comprising only 1%-2% of the total Australian population such a rate of incarceration paints an ugly picture of the true, parlous state of Indigenous/Settler relations.As a recent signatory to the United Nations "Recognition of Indigenous Rights Agreement", the dire situation of some of Australia's aboriginal population should be drawing widespread, worldwide condemnation.
The rising tide of African-American and Latino-American prisoners on marijuana possession charges is also alarming, with the US imprisoning more of its population than any other nation in the world.
"* We have increased the number of people behind bars from roughly 500,000 people in 1980 to 2.3 million today.
* In the U.S., we have less than 5 percent of the world's population, but almost 25 percent of the world's prisoners." http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/140502/hey_progressives%3A_why_don%27t_you_care_about_the_%22drug_war%22_like_you_care_about_other_issues/
And let's not forget Leonard Peltier, "Peltier has been behind prison bars for more than half of his life (he turned 63 this past September)."http://lpdctexas.blogspot.com/
Yes there are prisoners who have committed terrible deeds, but there are also unconscionable numbers of peoples incarcerated for victimless crimes, who with better programs implemented by governments would provide valuable service to their communities.
And let's not forget those prisoners of political conscience, throughout the globe, imprisoned by government's unwilling to share alternative ideas on a country's future possible direction(Aung Saan Su Kyi of Myanmar/Burma is known by the world, but how many countless others remain invisible), under corrupt governments' reigns of terror.
To these people, I hope sanity will prevail, and those ogres feasting on the misery of others will find some humanity before avariciously seeking inhumane profits.

Notes:

1. http://www.salmonelladub.com/
5. http://www.newcoolcollective.com/
6. http://www.newcoolcollective.com/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson
8. http://www.theclash.com/
9. (a) http://www.lee-perry.com/
(b) http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/main.htm
10. http://www.kokoloonline.com/
11. http://www.groundation.com/
12. http://www.nevilles.com/
13. (a) http://www.jimihendrix.com/
(b) http://www.authentichendrix.com/index.html

* http://www.prisonplanet.com/

Podcast 30 The Wheels Get In the Way

This podcast contains
Artist; Song; Album/Place

1. Ian Dury & the Blockheads; What A Waste; The Stiff Records Box
2. Sly & the Family Stone; Run, Run, Run; A Whole New Thing
3. Qucksilver Messenger Service; Fresh Air, Just For Love
4. Alfred Karnes; I Am Bound for the Promised Land; History of Country & Western Music
5. Manu Dibango; Ba-Kuba; African Woodoo
6. Steve Miller Band; Jackson-Kent Blues; Number5
7. Carolina Tar Heels; Peg and Awl; History of Country & Western Music
8. DMZ; Busy Man; When I Get Off
9. Crawdaddys; I Can Never Tell; Crawdaddy Express
10. Ed Kuepper; Highway To Hell; Sings His Greatest Hits For You
11. Frank Zappa; Help I'm A Rock; Freak Out
12. Grateful Dead; Feedback; 1969-12-12

This podcast seems a bit more laidback than some of the earlier ones, mellower maybe. It ranges across a very broad spectrum of musical styles that may leave some listeners undecided, but hopefully each track manages to walk with the other. From punk's now sadly parted grand-meister Ian Dury and the Blockheads the scene shifts to Sly and the Family Stone, a quick gasp of some Fresh Air before we head into Depression era gospel by Alfred Karnes.
Manu Dibango recedes let the Steve Miller Band in experimental mode turn on Jackson-Kent Blues, before another Depression era tune from the Carolina Tar Heels. DMZand then the Crawdaddys for a complete change of pace, before Australia's Ed Kuepper does his wonderful version of "Highway to Hell". Finishing up with a track from Frank Zappa's first album "Freak Out" and segueing out with some feedback by the Grateful Dead. Don't know how you would go about googling this show, though there are many well-known artists represented to be picked up by Google. All this chat about Google is a brazen attempt to see if it picks up anymore listeners, haha. Only time and Google will tell, hope you like the mix....

1. http://www.iandury.co.uk/
2. http://www.slystonemusic.com/
3. http://www.quicksilvermessengerservice.com/
5. http://www.africanmusiciansprofiles.com/manudibango.htm
6. http://www.stevemillerband.com/
10. http://thekuepperfiles.com/
11. http://www.zappa.com/flash/lumpymoney/index.html
12. http://www.dead.net/

Podcast 29 EkcentrikXpress
This podcast contains
Artist, Track, Album

1. Groundhogs, B.D.D., Blues Obituary
2. Giant Crab, Listen Girl, Garage Rock Classics
3. Asian Dub Foundation, Awake-Asleep, Punkara
4. King Tubby, A Serious version, King Tubby Special 1973-1976
5. Wrongh Black Dog, Shake Me Wake Me, Psychedelic Archaeology Vol5
6. Shiver, Fixer, Shiver
7. Ronnie James Reincarnation, Is This the Only Life You've Ever Had, Psychedelic Archaeology Vol5
8. Danny Gatton, The Simpsons, 88 Elmeira Street
9. Erkin Koray, Istemem, Love, Peace and Poetry - Asian Psychedelic
10. Jung Hyun and the Men, Korean A2, Love, Peace and Poetry - Asian Psychedelic
11. The Pink Fairies, Uncle harry's Last Freakout, NeverNeverland
12. The Insect Trust, Reciprocity, Hoboken Saturday Night

Very mixed bag of shows here, old and new, and hopefully something to twinkle the earbuds. Marvellous version of The Simpsons Theme by the sadly departed Danny Gatton, at long last some Groundhogs and Pink Fairies, gleanings in the psychedelic field, that include Turkish and Korean explorations of the "experience". And then there's the inimitable King Tubby laying down a dub track, all mixed up, hope you like the mix...

1. http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/
3. http://www.asiandubfoundation.com/
4. http://www.furious.com/Perfect/kingtubby.html
8. http://www.dannygatton.com/
11. http://www.ibiblio.org/mal/MO/philm/pinkfairies/
12. http://www.furious.com/perfect/insecttrust.html

Podcast 28 Just When You Thought...

This podcast contains
Artist, Song, Album

1. Kaleidoscope, I Found Out, Beacon From Mars
2. The Kaleidoscope,Hang Out, Love,Peace and Poetry Vol 7 Mexican Psychedelic
3. The Extremes, I'm Hurting, North West Killers Vol 3 Work It On Out
4. Aguaturbia, Blues on the Westside, Aguaturbia
5. The Dug Dugs, Ya Te Je, Cambia Cambia
6. The Sidells, Watch Out Mother, A Lethal Dose of Hard Psych
7. Calico Wall, Flight reaction, Pebbles Vol 3
8. The Dug Dugs, Cambia Cambia, Cambia Cambia
9. Driving Stupid, Horror Asparagus Stories, Pebbles Vol 3
10.Los Ovnis, Ya Se, Hippies
11.Sly and the Family Stone, Jane is a Groupie, Life
12.The Hustlers, Dear John, North West Killers Vol 3 Work It On Out
13.Amboy Dukes, Baby Please Don't Go, The Amboy Dukes

This show oscillates between garage and psychedelic sounds, with representation from Mexico, the USA and Chile.Couple of double-ups from the same albums, Pebbles Vol 3 and the Northwest Killers Vol 3( Vol 1 & 2 are also brilliant), both albums outrageously musically wonderful. Also a double-up at the start with the US Kaleidoscope that had David Lindley as a founder member, who has continued on into the music, and the Mexican Kaleidoscope who only released the one album. Hope you like the mix...

1. http://www.pulsatingdream.com/
2. http://www.myspace.com/kaleidoscopemexico69
3. http://pnwbands.com/nwtributes.html
4. http://www.myspace.com/aguaturbiarock
5. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/6115/dugdugs.htm
8. see 5. above
9. http://www.cosmik.com/aa-march03/reviews/review_driving_stupid.html
11.see 3. above
12.http://pnwbands.com/nwtributes.html
13.http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/amboydukes.htm

Podcast 27 Redeyes on the Dancehall

This Podcast contains
Artist, Song, Album

1. Gaspar Lawal, Kita Kita, Kita Kita
2. Honny and the Bees, Psychedelic Woman, Ghana Soundz
3. The Funkees, The Dancing Time, Nigeria 70
4. Pleasure, Ghettoes of the Mind, The Best of Pleasure
5. Harry Belafonte, Move It, Paradise in Gazankulu
6. Big Youth, Inside Out, Reggae Gi Dem Dub
7. Ismael Isaac, Teri Djougou, Black System
8. The Redeyes, My Kingdom Dub, Prolific/My Kingdom
9. Easy Star All-Stars, Dubbing Up The Walls, Until That Day

This podcast is an Funk/African/Reggae exploration of the aural senses, the classic Kita Kita by Gaspar Lowell commences the show. Staying in Africa with Honny and the Bees and The Funkees before some US funk from Pleasure, and wish there was more of this band available. Next up is Harry Belafonte with a political piece about the situation in South Africa in 1988. Big Youth steps in with his early dub album work Inside Out to be followed by African reggae artist Ismael Isaac. Final 2 tracks are from the support and main acts of a concert I went to recently, the awesome local, Australian/New Zealand reggae band The Redeyes take on dub followed by the majestic Easy Star All-Stars, more better known for their sensational Dub Side of the Moon album and with a recently released dub version of the Beatle's Sgt. Peppers. This track is from their EPCD and makes one wonder what they might produce if they weren't doing versions of other albums. Hope you like the mix....

4. http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Pleasure.html
5. http://www.belafonte-asiteofsites.com/
6. http://www.geocities.com/studiowon/BigYouth.htm
8. http://www.myspace.com/themightyredeyes
9. http://www.easystar.com/

Podcast 26 - Life is Just a Cher O'Bowlies
This Podcast contains
Artist, Track, Album

1. Blues Magoos, Life is Just a Cher O'Bowlies, Electric Comic Book
2. Bobby and Laurie, Every Second Day, A Forest of Gold Tops
3. Pekka Streng, Olin Erilainen, Psychedelic Phinland
4. Chocolate Watchband, Dark Side of the Mushroom, Melts in your Mind not on Your Wrist
5. The Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Birdman of Alkatrash, Strawberries Mean Love
6. The Attack, Lady Orange Peel, The Attack 67-68
7. The Strawberry Alarm Clock, The World's on Fire, Strawberries Mean Love
8. Juice Leskinen and Coitus Int, Zepelliini, Psychedelic Phinland
9. Grateful Dead, Dark Star, Dick's Picks 26

Bit of a psychedelic era based show happening here, with the inclusion of Bobby and Laurie from Australia, Finnish groups Pekkaa Streng and Juice Leskinen and Coitus Int.
The other offerings are by US based groups, all of whom had their unique take on the psychedelic experience and what that meant for them in the realm of sound. Finishes up with a live version of Dark Star by the Grateful Dead to complete the show.Hope you like the mix.

1. http://www.bluesmagoos.net/bluesmagooswebsite/home.htm
2. http://www.milesago.com/artists/bobby_laurie.htm
3. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2842
4. http://www.thechocolatewatchband.com/
5. http://www.strawberryalarmclock.com/
7. http://www.classicbands.com/strawberry.html
8. http://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.artist&name=JuiceLeskinen&from=artist_header
9. http://www.dead.net/

Podcast 25

This Podcast contains
Artist, Song, Album

1. Bluffmaster, Come Fishing, Bluffmaster
2. Femi Kuti, Traitors of Africa, Fight To Win
3. Son Palenque, Samba, Son Palenque
4. Bluffmaster, Tadbeer(Retro Madness Mix), Bluffmaster
5. Twinkle Brothers, King Pharoah, Praise Jah
6. King Jammy, Waggy T Mix, Selectors Choice Vol3
7. Benjamin Zephaniah, Palestine, Back to Roots

This show is a bit of a global experience, not exactly world, first up is "Come Fishing", a chopped up Bollywood dub all the way from Mumbai as Bluffmaster takes over the controls with xxtra relish, apparently this is part of the musical score to the Bollywood film "Bluffmaster", following on we have Femi Kuti speaking out against the "Traitors of Africa" who have contributed to so much misery in the lives of ordinary people in Africa. From there we jump to Colombian band Son Palenque's "Samba" remixed with Tony Allan, and then back for another example of Bluffmaster's works with "Tadbeer(Retro Madness Mix)". Over to Jamaica and the Twinkle Brothers harmonise their way through the tune/song "King Pharoa" to be followed by King Jammy's Waggy T Mix, mixing up the old and the new, the simple and the complex in wave upon wave of reggae-based stylings. Finish up the set with another political tune/song by British reggae artist Benjamin Zephaniah, sounding a lot like LKJ, as he sings "Palestine" still lives. Hope you like the mix

1. http://planetbollywood.com/Music/Bluffmaster/
2. http://www.wrasserecords.com/Femi_Kuti_10/biography.html
3. http://www.honestjons.com/
4. see 1. above
5. http://www.twinklemusic.com/index.html
6. http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=2734
7. http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com/content/index.php

Podcast 24
This podcast contains
Artist, Song, Album

1. The Flamin Groovies, Teenage Head, The Best of The Flamin Groovies
2. Levi Smith Clefs, Shake and Finger Pop, Empty monkey
3. Love, Revelation, da capo
4. Spirit, Elijah, Chronicles

Taking it back to the Sixties, for those who remember extended jams, and sound as an exploratory creation. Start of with the rawer sounds of The Flamin Groovies cited as seminal influences on garage bands for generations, to move along to the Australian big sounds of the Levi Smith Clefs, one of the most progressive soul/R&B institutions of the late Sixties Aussie rock scene.
From there its on to Love, followed up by Spirit, with songs that delve further into the psychedelic sound experience. Hope you like the mix

1. http://www.flamin-groovy.com/
2. http://www.milesago.com/mainframe.htm
3. http://lovearthurlee.com/
4. http://www.bostream.nu/johanb/spirit/