Busy Doing Nothing : 12 August 2010

The Free Design: l-r, Bruce, Sandy, Ellen, and Chris Dedrick (unknown guitarist at center)

Busy Doing Nothing, on WVEW-LP, Thursdays 6-8 pm (eastern time)

12 August 2010 | A worthy design (for Chris Dedrick)

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artist - song title - album (va = various artists) (label)

The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - Let It Bleed (London)
Tom Cora - There Will Be a Happy Meeting - Hallelujah, Anyway: Remembering Tom Cora (va) (Tzadik)
The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Indian Red - The Wild Tchoupitoulas (Antilles)
    behind DJ: Colortone Library - Jazz for Butterflies - Colortone Library (Yellow Fantastic Recordings)

Steve Reid - Lions of Juda - Nova (Universal Sound)
Stereolab - Fuses - Cobra & Phases Group (Elektra)
The Hi-Lo's - Agogically So - And All That Jazz (Coronet)
The Free Design - Felt So Good - One By One (Project 3; Light in the Attic)
Stereolab - The Free Design - Cobra & Phases Group (Elektra) ("What is our earthly task but a worthy design?")
    behind DJ: Dave "Baby" Cortez - Little Parts Melody - Organ Greats (Design)

Sad Rockets - Lachmachun Special - Transition (Matador)
Land of the Loops - Mathematical Park - Bundle of Joy (Up)
Sonic Youth - I Know There's an Answer - Smiles, Vibes, & Harmony (va) (De Milo)
Cornelius - Chapter 8: Seashore & Horizon - Fantasma (Matador)
Oranj Symphonette - Dreamsville - The Oranj Album (Rykodisc)
    behind DJ: Ray Bryant - Quizas, Quizas, Quizas - 7" (Cadet)

Prefuse 73 - Radio Attack - Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives (Warp)
Friends of Distinction - Lonesome Mood - Grazin' (RCA)
Sharpshooters - Love Walked Past - Twice as Nice (Light in the Attic)
The Free Design - Pineapple Crabapple - There Is a Song (Ambrotype; Light in the Attic)
Stereolab - How to Play Your Internal Organs Overnight - Aluminum Tunes (Duophonic)
The Hi-Lo's - Small Fry - And All That Jazz (Coronet)
    behind DJ: Jimmy Smith - I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Organ Greats (Design)

Miles Davis - Honky Tonk - Get Up With It (Legacy)
Ferrante & Teicher - El Cumbanchero - Soundproof (Westminster)
impLOG - On B'way - Holland Tunnel Dive (Infidelity)
    behind DJ: Runaways UK - Piano Tune - Classic Tales (Red Ant)

The Free Design - Dorian Benediction - Heaven/Earth (Project 3; Light in the Attic)
The Free Design - Little Cowboy - Sing for Very Important People (Project 3; Light in the Attic)
David Darling & The Wulu Bunun - Ku-Isa Tama Laug - Mudanin Kata (World Music Network)
    behind DJ: Tipsy (remixing Charles Wilp) - Size 178-79-55-91 (Tipsy's 31-22-36 Mix) - Michelangelo in Space: The Bunny Remixes (va) (Atatak)

Comments

[Gary Mitchell]

This show is a wonderful tribute to the amazing Chris Dedrick. I found myself surprised and intoxicated by tracks like Tom Cora's "There Will Be A Happy Meeting" and David Darling's "Ku-Isa..", in the same way that I'm affected by Chris' music. I enjoyed your Free Design selections, esp. "Little Cowboy." Dedrick crafted a thoughtful and moving day-by-day blog during his last year. It's here: http://chrisdedrick.com/circleoffifths/page/47/

[Charlie Lewis]

I'm glad the selections resonated with you, Gary. And thanks for the link to Chris Dedrick's blog.
Some other Free Design selections can be heard on these previous shows:
http://tinyurl.com/3yohlr9 ; http://tinyurl.com/2wvadew ; http://tinyurl.com/2uveku7
And their albums can be purchased and downloaded through the Light in the Attic Records website:
http://lightintheattic.net/artists/9-the-free-design