Listener comments!

🥁 ♥ 10:51am
: Good morning! Finally a day home where I can concentrate and hear the whole show in real time. 11:00am
Bob Brainen: Good morning, James Douglas, glad to hear it!   11:01am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:00

Hi there, Bob, and all others! ♥ 11:01am
Roberto: Mais oui, c'est Satie! 11:02am
Bob Brainen: Hey, Andrew in Toronto ♥ 11:02am
Soule: good morning, Bob and gang! This Satie hour will be fun. 11:03am
Bob Brainen: Hey, Roberto. It is so. 11:04am
Bob Brainen: Good morning, Soule 🥁 ♥ 11:04am
Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!   11:04am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @11:02

Hi, Soule. 🥁 ♥ 11:04am
Olleh: Good moanin! Bob and Fellow B&Bs   11:04am
1whoknewcthulhu: G'morning Bob, and fellow Brainiacs. Looking forward to another helping of Saturday Satie. 11:04am
Bob Brainen: Morning, Will thee SG OCNY   11:05am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @11:04

Hi there, Will! 11:05am
Bob Brainen: Heya, Olleh 11:06am
Bob Brainen: Morning, 1whoknewcthulhu.
It's Satieday. 🥁 ♥ 11:06am
Franco Twinkie: Hi Bob! 11:06am
Bob Brainen: Hi, Franco Twinkie   11:06am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:06

Hi there, Franco! 🥁 ♥ 11:07am
Franco Twinkie: Andrew! 🥁 ♥ 11:07am
chresti: Hi Bob and bobbers!
Yay Satie!   11:07am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:06

Are the pickles handy? 11:08am
Bob Brainen: Hiya, chresti ♥ 11:08am
Soule:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:04

Hey there Andrew! 11:09am
Bob Brainen:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:07

Ha ha, always. We had some last night in our red beans and rice.   11:09am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chresti @11:07

Hi, crestikins!   11:09am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:09

Great.   11:11am
1whoknewcthulhu: Thanks for the Sonny Rollins interlude. Was privileged to see him play a couple of times at The Bottom Line in The Village. 11:12am
Bob Brainen:

↳ 1whoknewcthulhu @11:11

My pleasure. That's great you experienced him live! 11:17am
ChristinaInCanada: Happy Saturday.BB and all.
I am elated to chance upon today's show, as Erik Satie is my fave composer. I am enjoying the Sonny Rollins tribute, of course. ♥ 11:19am
Roberto: Will we be hearing my favorite Erik composition today, "Dessicated Embryos"? 11:19am
Bob Brainen: And to you, ChristinaInCanada. Glad to hear it!   11:19am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ ChristinaInCanada @11:17

Hi Christina. 11:20am
ChristinaInCanada:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:19

Good morning Andrew 11:21am
Bob Brainen:

↳ Roberto @11:19

C'est possible, tout l'est. ♥ 11:22am
Roberto:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:21

Cool.   11:23am
Jeff: Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners.
Bob, as you know from my Facebook post, I’ve got the blues big time. I’m really hurting, brother, and it’s a great comfort to “tune in” and listen to you “spin records” as I’ve been doing the past 46 years.
Hey, one last thing: a few years ago I told you I have a Rascals picture sleeve 45. I don’t remember if I said I have “See”, but I actually have “Carry Me Back” + “Real Thing” on the flip side. If you’d like to have the 45, it would be my pleasure to give it to you. Just let me know the best way to contact you, so we can make arrangements.
Thanks! 11:27am
Bob Brainen: Hey, Jeff, again, so sorry about your cat. I'm glad I can provide a little solace. Thanks for thinking of me re: the single. Please e-mail me when you get a chance,
there's a link at the bottom of the playlist.   11:28am
Jeff: Will do. Thanks, Bob   11:30am
David B: Thanks for the dose of Sonny and the scheduled delight to come. Another nice show. 11:41am
Bob Brainen: Hey, David B, mon plasir. (I'm testing the little French I remember from High School class.)   11:47am
David B: What I remember most about my French class was the lovely Madame Sherman! ♥ 11:51am
Gina Bacon: Morning, Bob & all! 11:55am
Bob Brainen: Morning, Gina Bacon   11:56am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:51

Hi there, Gina! ♥ 12:00pm
Gina Bacon:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:56

Hi, Andrew!   12:08pm
gene sculatti: Great Seals & Crofts. 12:10pm
Bob Brainen: Hey, Gene, glad you dig. ♥ 12:11pm
(Mr) Bill: Hi, Bob and fellow listeners. 🥁 ♥ 12:16pm
James Douglas: "Oh by the way, which one's 'Pink'?" 🥁 ♥ 12:18pm
James Douglas: Pink Floyd...but it is named after two US blues artists...Pink Anderson & Floyd Council!   12:19pm
gene sculatti: Maybe J.D. Blackfoot, Scott Richardson Case?   12:21pm
gene sculatti: Manfred Mann! 🥁 ♥ 12:22pm
WR: Ah, the brit pgb radio links are on the page listing all your playlists, underneath the nice big pic of the frogs. Got it. 12:23pm
Bob Brainen: Hiya, (Mr) Bill 12:23pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ James Douglas @12:18

True dat, and which one's Floyd? 12:23pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ gene sculatti @12:19

Good ones, Gene 12:24pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ WR @12:22

Oui, WR, thanks for specifying. 12:24pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ gene sculatti @12:21

The man is on fire! 3 good ones. 12:25pm
Bob Brainen: OK, Blondie? They got buttons saying "Blondie is a group." 🥁 ♥ 12:25pm
James Douglas: Is it true that Jethro Tull invented some type of farm machinery back in the dark ages? 12:26pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ James Douglas @12:25

Yeah ♥ 12:26pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "Majestic Star Casino, Gary Indiana 1-11-2014" by ...

These slot machine recordings are always mesmerizing. I suppose that's by design. 12:26pm
Bob Brainen: OK, Sir Lord Baltimore ♥ 12:26pm
Roberto:

↳ James Douglas @12:25

Yes, the seed drill. ♥ 12:27pm
Roberto:

↳ Roberto @12:26

Not the Dark Ages, though. Whatever that is. 12:27pm
Bob Brainen: Toad The Wet Sprocket 🥁 ♥ 12:27pm
James Douglas: My favorite part of casinos is the cacaphony of sound. It's like being inside of a Chemical Brothers-induced head trip. 🥁 ♥ 12:31pm
∫ydniuß: Williams Electronics has made far more money designing these money pilfering machines than they ever made from video games. all about that *sound* 🥁 ♥ 12:31pm
Olleh:

↳ Song: "Majestic Star Casino, Gary Indiana 1-11-2014" by ...

I love these field recording oddities. I got this Rew comp a couple weeks before happily noticing it was available to us on Jessica’s list 12:32pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ James Douglas @12:27

I believe I have only been in one. We went through Las Vegas on a Monday morning. August 1978. It may as well have been Friday night. They purposely keep it in a netherword in these places, not day, not night. Just betting time!   12:36pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:32

Have a snack.   12:40pm
gene sculatti: Yes, Sir Lord B! 🥁 ♥ 12:41pm
Olleh: First time I head this Satie piece was on a Maxwell House commercial in 1971. 😊 12:41pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:36

Heh heh, I did so while people were gambling.   12:42pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:41

Good. 🥁 ♥ 12:43pm
Olleh: Are we still doing confused group names? The Mr T Experience. Well maybe not that one. 12:43pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Olleh @12:41

Interesting I didn't know that. ♥ 12:43pm
Alex from Media: Hi Bob! Satie is the perfect mood for this afternoon. 12:44pm
Bob Brainen: Hey, Alex from Media, I'm glad you like. ♥ 12:45pm
(Mr) Bill:

↳ Olleh @12:41

Hi, Olleh. First time I heard it was as a theme for a WNEW-FM show. 12:46pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Olleh @12:43

Sure, that'll work. ♥ 12:46pm
Roberto: I've had this since the '80s. Erik's take on Clementi's Classical standard: ibb.co... 12:47pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Roberto @12:46

Man, that's nice! 🥁 ♥ 12:49pm
newton: Insatieable!

Hi Bob, bobbleheads!

♥ 12:49pm
Roberto:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:47

I've been playing it on piano since I was 17 or 18! ♥ 12:51pm
Roberto:

↳ Roberto @12:49

I'm not sure if it was marked down or up from $1.80 to $2.00 haha. 12:53pm
Bob Brainen: Bonjour, Newton ♥ 12:59pm
Roberto: Gotta jet, guess I'll catch the rest on the archives! Au revoir!   1:02pm
marc mendelson: Good morning Bob nice to wake up to Erik Satie Have a nice weekend rock on ♥ 1:03pm
fred:

↳ Song: "Parade: Choral - Prelude Du Rideau Rouge" by "Eri...

I actually saw a performance of Parade many years ago. What a lineup the Ballet Russes had: music by Satie, scenario by Cocteau, costumes and set by Picasso ♥ 1:05pm
tom tom the pipers son: sitting on a settee listening to satie…on a saturday….in the summer ♥ 1:07pm
tom tom the pipers son: do people think this era of satie is closer to stravinsky or ives…?   1:10pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:07

Hi, tom tom. 🥁 ♥ 1:10pm
Olleh:

↳ (Mr) Bill @12:45

Stravinsky, but in articulation more like Ives to me 🥁 ♥ 1:12pm
Olleh:

↳ (Mr) Bill @12:45

For a while it seemed like contagion. Hearing all over the place. What year (Mr) Bill? ♥ 1:12pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Olleh @1:10

could you expand on what you mean by “articulation"   1:13pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:12

Hi, tom tom. ♥ 1:13pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:13

hi andrew... 🥁 ♥ 1:16pm
WR:

↳ fred @1:03

That sounds great Fred. I should look around to see if there is a vid online of any performance of Parade.   1:18pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ WR @1:16

Hi, WR. ♥ 1:19pm
(Mr) Bill:

↳ Olleh @1:12

Circa 1970 C.E. ♥ 1:19pm
tom tom the pipers son: ambient sound 1:20pm
Bob Brainen: Hey, marc mendelson, I've been having a multi-e-mail back and forth with Ralph Greenwald this week. 🥁 ♥ 1:20pm
Olleh:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:12

I’m limited in exacting musical terminology of form. I was thinking in terms of textures and and eccentric playfulness. Ives impressed me as having a more forward and more spare quirkiness like Satie to me. 1:21pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ fred @1:03

Wow, that must have been awesome. 1:21pm
Bob Brainen: Heya, tom tom the pipers son ♥ 1:22pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Olleh @1:20

oh… i see… agree... ♥ 1:22pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:21

hi there bob... 🥁 ♥ 1:22pm
Olleh: Bob I dig and relate to your delight with random sounds woven into the music you’re hearing. 🥁 ♥ 1:24pm
Olleh:

↳ (Mr) Bill @1:19

Yes! I was going to claim Satie seemed to be “discovered” by different media sources in the 70s 🥁 ♥ 1:25pm
chresti: Love this! 1:25pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:07

I'm not sure. Most of Ives music was first heard way after he wrote it. Stravinsky's music was everywhere. ♥ 1:26pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Olleh @1:22

in a way relates to a drone… as with bagpipe… but i think you can stretch it more to ragas with how they have an introduction that lays out all the parts of piece that’s going to be played like an index 🥁 ♥ 1:28pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Gymnopedie No. 1 - Lent et Doloreaux" by "Guy Spa...

@ 1:29pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Olleh @1:22

Right, it's like an added bonus or thrill. I also love when I hear a band and can't locate just where a particular sound is coming from. 🥁 ♥ 1:29pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Trois Morceaux en Forme De Poire pour quatre Main...

Featured in Badlands 🥁 ♥ 1:29pm
Olleh:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:26

That’s a good example to my mind. ♥ 1:29pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:25

yeah i know…. and just in terms of proximity too, but i wasn’t talking about in fluence…. people can do work that relates to each other even though never having heard the others work….right 1:31pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ chresti @1:29

Really? That is a)awesome b)quite the stretch. Goor for Malik or whoever the music superviser was. ♥ 1:31pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:29

especially working at the same time 🥁 ♥ 1:33pm
Olleh:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:29

That vagueness of location is a magic of music in itself. Then it signals a cognitive conundrum. Fricken’ Delight! ♥ 1:33pm
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:26

I personally find the Alap useful in figuring out part of what comes later (doesn't help with rhythm though, which still baffles me) ♥ 1:33pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ chresti @1:29

chresti arte you sure, or is the carl orff piece you are thinking of? ♥ 1:37pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @1:33

hey fred … what is alap…? 1:37pm
Bob Brainen: Sorry, i hit the wrong button and closed comments...back in business. ♥ 1:37pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:37

haha... 🥁 ♥ 1:38pm
newton: it's back! 1:39pm
ChristinaInCanada: Six pieces in Trous Morceaux, does that work out to trois morceaux per pair of hands? 1:39pm
ChristinaInCanada: Poire pear pair 🥁 ♥ 1:42pm
chresti:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:33

I amm sure! A scene where Sissy is narrating while Martin Sheen is kicking things, for instance ♥ 1:43pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Ludions - Air Du Rat" by "Erik Satie"

reminding me a little of brecht weill? 1:43pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ ChristinaInCanada @1:39

The operative word is "poire" ♥ 1:46pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ chresti @1:42

ah it’s been a long time… i don’t remember… i can see how the orff piece could collapse into a memory of satie for someone, me, for instance ♥ 1:47pm
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:37

Alap is the introduction to a classical Indian music performance you were talking about (in Paris, which lacks a big Indian community, performers tend to explain a lot) 🥁 ♥ 1:47pm
Olleh: God, I love our WFMU! Our Drummer and Sheena Streams! Case in point is the enrichment and healing in what Bob conjures up on his show. For our teeming, sweaty, and disparaged mass this an oasis! ♥ 1:48pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @1:47

oh thanks… i didn’t know what the section was called... 1:48pm
Bob Brainen: Anyine have a bird emoji /image they can put in the comments? 1:48pm
ChristinaInCanada: 🦜 1:49pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ Olleh @1:47

Thank you, Olleh, and back at cha! 🥁 ♥ 1:49pm
∫ydniuß:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:48

🐦 1:49pm
Bob Brainen:

↳ ChristinaInCanada @1:48

Merci 🥁 ♥ 1:49pm
Olleh: 🦜 Bird is the word! 1:50pm
ChristinaInCanada: Oiseau big thing ♥ 1:51pm
Alex from Media: Thanks Bob! 1:51pm
ChristinaInCanada: Exceptional start to my day, thank you Bob Brainen

Have a good week all

🥁 ♥ 1:51pm
newton: Esotérik Satie ♥ 1:51pm
tom tom the pipers son: 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛.x 4 =🥧 🥁 ♥ 1:52pm
Olleh:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:51

😆 🥁 ♥ 1:52pm
chresti: Thanks Bob!   1:52pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:48

What an inspired show!
Bob, thanks! ♥ 1:52pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Olleh @1:52

ah someone got it… ha! ♥ 1:55pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:51

actually should be + not X 🥁 ♥ 1:55pm
newton: are they like philosophical bubbles? ♥ 1:55pm
fred:

↳ ChristinaInCanada @1:50

Christian Bök said "oiseau" is the shortest French word to contain all vowels 🥁 ♥ 1:55pm
Olleh: Thanks for it all, Bob! Wishing you all a Wild Weekend! ♥ 1:56pm
tom tom the pipers son: thanks bob... ♥ 1:57pm
(Mr) Bill: I feel satied with wonderful music and stimulating commentary. Thank you, Bob and fellow listeners. 🥁 ♥ 1:57pm
Olleh:

↳ ChristinaInCanada @1:50

Hoping Bob will get a Messiaen mojo percolating at sometime ♥ 1:57pm
Soule: Thanks, Bob - sublime music today as always. 🥁 ♥ 1:58pm
James Douglas: Great Show!! Thanks Bob. 🥁 ♥ 1:58pm
newton: thanks Bob 🥁 ♥ 2:00pm
WR: thank you, Bob! 🥁 ♥ 2:01pm
WR: Loved your ...hour with Satie! And the Bud Powell / Rollins tracks ♥ 2:07pm
northguineahills: hear! keyboard doesn't work