Listener comments!

  4:57pm
: ferst 6:50pm
Flash Strap: Hello Explorers! 6:54pm
Flash Strap: Hey hey AF 🥁 ♥ 6:59pm
Alex from Media: hey Flash! Crossing the streams. 🥁 ♥ 7:00pm
Manta: Hello!! 🥁 ♥ 7:01pm
Olleh: Howdy Flash! ♥ 7:01pm
Will thee SG OCNY: Good evening Evan and all!!! 7:02pm
Flash Strap: Hi Alex! Manta! Olleh! Will! great to see you all 7:02pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Lonely Woman" by "Barney Wilen and his Amazing Fr...

unique take on the Ornette Coleman composition 7:03pm
Flash Strap: [playlist image from 50watts: 50watts.com... ] ♥ 7:05pm
listener james from westwood: Evening, Flash and all!   7:05pm
Reske: Humungous fan! First listened to Explorer’s Room in 2018, it shifted a lot of my taste in hindsight. Big fan of those multi-part artist dives you did 7:06pm
Flash Strap: Hi James! 7:07pm
Flash Strap: Hi Reske! thanks for saying so 7:08pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Lonely Woman" by "Zürich Festival All-Stars"

big ensemble featuring Sahib Shihab on baritone sax ♥ 7:08pm
TDK60: Hi Flash Strap. 7:09pm
Flash Strap: hey TDK! 🥁 ♥ 7:09pm
flannery: hello! 7:10pm
Flash Strap: Hi Flannery! 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "The Secret Mystery of Hensh" by "The Dave Pike Set"

guitar by Volker Kriegel, who also composed 🥁 ♥ 7:13pm
coelacanth∅: Greetings Evan, Explorers 7:13pm
Flash Strap: salutations, coelacanth!   7:15pm
Holland Oatzier Holland: Loving this Dave Pike 7:17pm
Flash Strap: ahoy HOH! Pike's got so much nice stuff, it's really impressive 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Twelve and Nine" by "Wolfgang Dauner's Et Cetera"

from the final Et Cetera LP:
Bass, Sitar – Matthias Thurow
Drums [Left Track] – Lala Kovacev
Drums [Right Track] – Fred Braceful
Synthesizer, Keyboards – Wolfgang Dauner
Violin, Flute – Jürgen Schmidt-Oehm 🥁 ♥ 7:23pm
Doug Schulkind: Many Peautiful Selections! 7:23pm
Flash Strap: Dauner in this period really was touched by the gods, should be talked about as a legendary run more than it is 7:25pm
Flash Strap: Ah, Mr. Poug Schulkind!   7:26pm
Kat in the chat: What the Puck are you two on about? 🥁 ♥ 7:26pm
wimpy: playlist pic would've blown my mind back when I was doing psychs all the time. still cool! 7:28pm
Flash Strap: Hi Kat! (all these selections are from the great MPS label) 7:29pm
Flash Strap: Hi Wimpy!   7:29pm
Kat in the chat: Ah ok :) 7:32pm
Flash Strap: worth checking out the cover on this one: i.discogs.com... 7:33pm
Flash Strap: surprised to realize this is a trio:
Bass – Ron McClure
Drums – Eddie Marshall Electric Piano, Piano – Mike Nock 7:35pm
Flash Strap: Nock venturing way into the Dauner zone with that e. piano & ring mod (?) ♥ 7:37pm
Kevin the Painter:

↳ Song: "Space Bugaloo" by "The Mike Nock Underground"

Evening Flash Strap! This is, like really groovy, mon!   7:45pm
JimmyTallow: Is that the Bora Bora soundtrack in the background of the mic break?   7:46pm
Reske: ooof! so nice and well played 7:47pm
Flash Strap:

↳ JimmyTallow @7:45

Hi Jimmy! sorta sounds like it - it's a Jack Dieval piece from a Chappell library record. sounds a lot like Roger Roger & Nino Nardini to my ears 7:47pm
Flash Strap: Hi Kevin! ♥ 7:49pm
northguineahills: i just oversaw my parents' belongings auction. no, i got no commission. just doing my familial duty (and no, my bros won't help, one is going through a divorce, and has to pay $150k and was recently laid off from verizon he's the nice one. the wealthy one doesn't give an eff... 7:50pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Slippin', Slidin', High Fly Ridin'" by "Arnie Law...

produced by Enoch Light, with Dick Hyman on keys ♥ 7:50pm
northguineahills: not sure how it works, my divorse cost me $0. 7:51pm
Flash Strap: Hi NGH! that completely sucks I must say ♥ 7:51pm
northguineahills: gotta hit publix before it closes. i have one more night in my hotel... and infinity thanks, evan! 7:52pm
Flash Strap: hang in there compadre! 🥁 ♥ 7:52pm
tom tom the pipers son: hi evan…just got in… will be fixing dinner… glad i made it... 🥁 ♥ 7:53pm
Olleh:

↳ northguineahills @7:49

Sorry ngh. That is awful and maybe awfully stressful.   7:53pm
little danny: Hello Evan! 7:53pm
Flash Strap: Hi Tom! ♥ 7:53pm
northguineahills: i mean my father is wealthy, but his older brother (who is hard-core trumper), convinced him to write me ou tof the will.). my father will be dead soon anyways 7:53pm
Flash Strap: hey LD! ♥ 7:54pm
northguineahills:

↳ Olleh @7:53

sorry, i've been abscent from wfmu, it's chaos everywhere for me. i miss your show..... 🥁 ♥ 7:55pm
Olleh: Oh man.i hope you have support in that sheetstorm. 🥁 ♥ 7:56pm
chresti: Hi Flash and explorers! 7:56pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Swamp People" by "Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers"

all Pucho's records are pretty great but this one just knocks me out 7:56pm
Flash Strap: Chresti! great to see you ♥ 7:57pm
TDK60:

↳ Song: "Swamp People" by "Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers"

This is fun. ♥ 7:57pm
northguineahills: super double thanks, evan! i appreciate it. 🥁 ♥ 7:57pm
Olleh:

↳ northguineahills @7:54

Thanks for thinking of us/me. Look after yourself, please. 🥁 ♥ 7:58pm
chresti: I've been listening and making coffee and now drinking coffee ♥ 7:58pm
northguineahills: ok, grocery store closes at 9, gotta leave. (i'm on foot)/ 7:58pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Swamp Carol" by "Jeremy Steig"

this phenomenal record was later reissued as a double album (w/ another LPs worth of material) called Fusion 7:59pm
Flash Strap:

↳ chresti @7:58

perfect, that all checks out   7:59pm
JimmyTallow: Right on, will have to check out Jack Deival…thanks for the tunes! 8:00pm
Flash Strap: Jan Hammer cooking madly on that electric piano 8:00pm
Flash Strap:

↳ JimmyTallow @7:59

my incredible pleasure 🥁 ♥ 8:02pm
Little Danny: loving this set! 8:02pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Discoveries" by "Eddie Henderson"

Bass, Electric Bass [Fender] – Buster Williams Mchezaji
Congas – Bill Summers
Drums – Billy Hart Jabali, Eric Gravatt Kamau
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Organ – Herbie Hancock Mwandishi
Saxophone [Stritch], Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute [Piccolo], Tenor Saxophone – Bennie Maupin Mwile
Synthesizer – Patrick Gleeson
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn [Fluelgelhorn] – Eddie Henderson Mganga 8:03pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Flash Strap @8:02

a very post-Bitches / circa Jewel in the Lotus sound & lineup 🥁 ♥ 8:03pm
Olleh:

↳ northguineahills @7:58

Good to hear from you. I hope it smooths out and out of your head and heart soon 8:05pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @8:02

hell yes brother! 8:07pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Discoveries" by "Eddie Henderson"

Patrick Gleeson on synth - also known for his star wars synthi LP. was a little surprised to discover him popping up again later in this set, once again alongside Eddie Henderson ♥ 8:07pm
Bobby: I like what’s happening here 8:07pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Last Summer" by "Byard Lancaster"

with Sonny Sharrock. what a record 8:07pm
Flash Strap: Hiya Bobby! 🥁 ♥ 8:10pm
Doug Schulkind: Man, oh man. I turn to this Byard Lancaster record time after time after time. A magnificence. 8:11pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Doug Schulkind @8:10

it's the best! really lifts your soul like little else. one of my favorite Sharrock records, too 8:12pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Wailing Wall" by "Herbie Mann"

arranged by William Fischer (& again with Sharrock in the ensemble). a record i simply can not stop spinning   8:13pm
Kat in the chat: Lovely 🥰 🥁 ♥ 8:14pm
Little Danny:

↳ Song: "Wailing Wall" by "Herbie Mann"

this album, had no idea. just gorgeous 8:15pm
Flash Strap: Ron Carter on bass, simply gorgeous. Roy Ayers on vibes   8:16pm
Holland Oatzier Holland: This show is a goddamn delight 8:16pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @8:14

it's crazy how it's becoming my favorite Mann album, I never would have expected it 8:21pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Queen of the Night" by "Yusef Lateef"

Eric Gale on guitar here 8:23pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Mason's Galaxy" by "Charles Earland"

have just been digging this record after enjoying Earland on some Lou Donaldson records and was surprised to see in the lineup Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Henderson and once again Patrick Gleeson on synths   8:33pm
asheville jon: Howdy Evan and everyone.
Helluva show so far tonight, wow! 8:33pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "New Moon" by "Mixed Bag"

on Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison's very interesting Tribe label, a catalog I need to explore beyond the handful of records I already know 8:33pm
Flash Strap: Hi Jon! 8:37pm
Flash Strap: hard to believe I didn't work any Eddie Harris into this set, now that i think of it 8:38pm
Flash Strap: one more track after this, a cut I've been obsessed with for weeks 8:39pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Pot Belly" by "Lou Donaldson"

completely in love with this one. something about Leon Spencer's organ bewitches me 🥁 ♥ 8:40pm
chresti:

↳ Flash Strap @8:38

I can hear why 8:40pm
Flash Strap: Ted Dunbar on guitar, Idris Muhammad on drums, Blue Mitchell on trumpet & Lou on sax 8:42pm
Flash Strap: Lou does something very similar with Lonnie Smith on a track called One Cylinder from the 1967 LP Alligator Boogaloo 🥁 ♥ 8:43pm
Aitch: late in, dr stuff, good news, time to get trippin' 8:44pm
Flash Strap: Hey Aitch! good news - now that's something I love to see! yes man yes 🥁 ♥ 8:47pm
Aitch:

↳ Flash Strap @8:44

onward!   8:48pm
Kat in the chat: Very groovy set, and very groovy good news Aitch! 🥁 ♥ 8:59pm
Aitch:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:48

i can attest to the healing properties of woof-moo   9:01pm
Kat in the chat: Those properties are not to be underestimated 9:02pm
Flash Strap: DJs are MDs 9:04pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Pachacuti" by "Miguel Flores"

this album is so great, I want to play something from it every week, I wish it were a 10-disc set but really it's very brief at only 3 (long) compositions 🥁 ♥ 9:05pm
chresti: Congratulations Aitch! So great to hear! 🥁 ♥ 9:14pm
pot8o: hi everyone! 🥁 ♥ 9:14pm
pot8o: also got good news of my own, i'm getting interviewed monday to be a dj on my college's radio station 9:14pm
Flash Strap: Hey Pot8o! 9:15pm
Flash Strap:

↳ pot8o @9:14

oh hell yeah they're gonna snap you right up   9:17pm
Kat in the chat: They might make you play a certain amount of stuff you don’t wanna play, be prepared for that. But yeah you should get started doing radio! 🥁 ♥ 9:19pm
pot8o:

↳ Kat in the chat @9:17

my brother also works there, he says you have to play top 40 for a few months but after that you get your own show and it's completely freeform

(they did say that if you wanna play anything avant-garde you have to get an overnight spot, which i'm not complaining about)

🥁 ♥ 9:20pm
pot8o: either way i get good experience on the radio and that means i'm one step closer to getting my starchy tuber ass a slot on the drummer stream 9:22pm
Flash Strap: I've never done radio outside of the stream. possibly this is obvious, i'm sure it was when i started out   9:22pm
Kat in the chat: Oh that’s awesome. Every station is different. I took over a “legacy” genre show from another community member DJ at Loyola, and spent the next near-decade trying to expand on that.   9:23pm
Kat in the chat: Also much hilarity at “starchy tuber ass” 🥁 ♥ 9:24pm
Alex from Media:

↳ pot8o @9:20

In a sense you already have a slot at GTDR. ♥ 9:25pm
TDK60: This is wonderful territory we're in.   9:25pm
Kat in the chat: Not obvious at all Flash! 🥁 ♥ 9:25pm
pot8o:

↳ Flash Strap @9:22

hmm... might have to email doug and ask about it then

is he fine with prerecorded shows? i know the sheena stream is, so i don't see why doug would have a problem w/ it outside of marathon time

  9:26pm
Kat in the chat: Can’t wait till you explain the Nurse With Wound List to those kollege kiddos listening 🥁 ♥ 9:27pm
Alex from Media:

↳ Song: "Wave Song" by "Jocy De Oliveira"

Starting to melt into this....   9:28pm
Kat in the chat: Best thing to do is ask Doug! 9:29pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Alex from Media @9:27

it really dissolves ya 🥁 ♥ 9:30pm
chresti:

↳ Kat in the chat @9:22

Loyola in LA? 9:31pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Valverde" by "Eduardo Polonio"

from a review of this comp: "Even in his most minimal works, he pushes his chosen form to its limit. Album highlight “Valverde” repeats a flamenco guitar figure dozens of times until its melody recedes and its pure, shimmering timbre reveals itself as the piece’s true subject. Guitarist José Manuel Berenguer calls the performance “impossible,” a “Herculean task” that he could only complete with Polonio’s patient guidance."   9:33pm
Kat in the chat: Loyola in Chicago, chresti! Vegas is as far west as I’ve ever been. ♥ 9:34pm
TDK60:

↳ Song: "Valverde" by "Eduardo Polonio"

<- this is swell. Love them trebly strings. 9:35pm
Flash Strap:

↳ TDK60 @9:34

they really do shimmer   9:36pm
Kat in the chat: Love the shimmer 9:38pm
Flash Strap: it really is cool that this isn't done with tape loops, just a poor flamenco guitarist sweating out his soul 🥁 ♥ 9:39pm
pot8o:

↳ Kat in the chat @9:26

i only get an hour to start off so i'll see what i can cram in there... 🥁 ♥ 9:41pm
Little Danny:

↳ pot8o @9:14

congrats potate! ♥ 9:47pm
TDK60: This show has soothed my auditory canals. Because "my eyes just hurt my brain"° often these days, so this has been auditory emergency aid.

°yardbirds

  9:48pm
asheville jon: Great show tonight Evan? Thanks a lot 9:48pm
Flash Strap: this piece is so scary / horroresque for the first half, and then it opens up into something more dynamic and thrilling. really dig this album   9:48pm
asheville jon: That "?" Is a typo. Should have been a ! 9:49pm
Flash Strap:

↳ TDK60 @9:47

i'm so glad to be a part of that TDK 9:49pm
Flash Strap:

↳ asheville jon @9:48

thanks for listening Jon! 🥁 ♥ 9:54pm
WR: thank you, Flash Strap 🥁 ♥ 9:54pm
Alex from Media: Thanks Flash! Loved the show! 🥁 ♥ 9:54pm
Manta: Thanks, Flash!! 🥁 ♥ 9:55pm
Little Danny: thank you evan!!!   9:55pm
flannery: thank you!   9:55pm
Kat in the chat: Really enjoyed this one, Flash! Thank you! ♥ 9:56pm
TDK60: Applause by the radio console. Gracias, Evan. Night, explorers. 🥁 ♥ 9:56pm
Little Danny: last exit to you know where -> wfmu.org...   9:58pm
Kat in the chat: Yeah amazing that someone actually played that flamenco figure over and over   9:58pm
DJ Peter via app: Thanks Flash Strap! 🥁 ♥ 9:59pm
pot8o: thanks flash strap! have a great week everyone! 9:59pm
Flash Strap: Thanks everyone! what a pleasure, what a treasure to be here with your ears alongside me 🥁 ♥ 10:05pm
chresti: Thanks Flash! 🥁 ♥ 1:26am
coelacanth∅: Thanks Evan! (belated)