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Irwin Chusid: Playlist from April 21, 2010

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April 21, 2010: Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Lee Morgan	Yes I Can, No You Can't (edit)	The Gigolo	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt	To Caravan and Brother Jim	The End of an Ear	0:03:52 (Pop-up)
Colin McPhee & Benjamin Britten	Pemungkah / Rébong / Gambangan	The Roots of Gamelan: The First Recordings	0:08:37 (Pop-up)

John Davis	Mark Twain Mazurka "Mark Twain Mazurka" by "John Davis"	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:17:34 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 1 "interview - part 1" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	0:20:14 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Mark Twain)	About Louis Moreau Gottschalk	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:30:10 (Pop-up)
John Davis	The Banjo (comp. Louis Moreau Gottschalk)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:31:33 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch)	My Father, Mark Twain	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:36:51 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Petite Sérénade Op. 1, No. 1 (comp. Ossip Gabrilowitsch)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:37:13 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 2 "interview - part 2" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	0:39:47 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Nearer My God to Thee (arr. Blind Boone)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:51:24 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Henry Holt)	Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:55:17 (Pop-up)
John Davis	The Rain Storm (comp. Blind Tom)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:55:40 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 3 "interview - part 3" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	0:59:53 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Mark Twain)	from Alta California	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	1:05:09 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Battle of Manassas "Battle of Manassas" by "John Davis"	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	1:08:53 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 4 "interview - part 4" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	1:18:27 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Cyclone Gallop (comp. Blind Tom)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	1:21:25 (Pop-up)
Helena Mayer Ahearn (& Beth S.)	flying birds	nature	1:27:10 (Pop-up)
Old South Quartet	Pussy Cat Rag (for Willie, R.I.P.)	The Earliest Negro Vocal Quartets, 1894-1928	1:31:40 (Pop-up)
Rabbit Velvet (Danielle Kimak-Stauss)	The Sun Rose Grey	Crowds and Doves	1:34:06 (Pop-up)
Andrew Bird	Darkmatter "Darkmatter" by "Andrew Bird"	Armchair Apocrypha	1:38:51 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	Lucifer Sam (for Willie, R.I.P.)	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn	1:43:40 (Pop-up)
The Liminanas	Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue	TIM010	1:46:56 (Pop-up)

Rude Mechanicals	Like Magnetism "Like Magnetism" by "Rude Mechanicals"	The Cyclops and the Wildebeest	1:55:02 (Pop-up)
Disappears	Magics "Magics" by "Disappears"	Lux	1:59:24 (Pop-up)
John Prine	It's a Big Old Goofy World	The Missing Years	2:02:53 (Pop-up)
The James Gang	Midnight Man "Midnight Man" by "The James Gang"	James Gangs's Greatest Hits	2:08:09 (Pop-up)
The Black Keys	Tighten Up "Tighten Up" by "The Black Keys"	Brothers	2:11:09 (Pop-up)
Teenager	Alone Again "Alone Again" by "Teenager"	Thirteen	2:14:43 (Pop-up)
David Ingles and His Little Boy	Satan Has Been Paralyzed	Satan Has Been Paralyzed	2:18:33 (Pop-up)

Lee Morgan	Cunning Lee "Cunning Lee" by "Lee Morgan"	Caramba	2:25:49 (Pop-up)
Minisnap	Wintersweet "Wintersweet" by "Minisnap"	Bounce Around	2:32:02 (Pop-up)
Lucy Reed	Because We're Kids "Because We're Kids" by "Lucy Reed"	The Singing Reed	2:34:57 (Pop-up)
Beth Sorrentino	There In My Head "There In My Head" by "Beth Sorrentino"	Shut Up, It's Christmas (A Suddenly, Tammy! Holiday EP)	2:38:01 (Pop-up)
The High Strung	Childhood "Childhood" by "The High Strung"	Get the Guests	2:43:24 (Pop-up)

Javetta Steele	Calling You "Calling You" by "Javetta Steele"	Baghdad Cafe (soundtrack)	2:50:32 (Pop-up)
Amanda	Me Mama Fire Butthole "Me Mama Fire Butthole" by "Amanda"	The Hardly Brains Quartet vs. Amanda	2:55:29 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	3:03pm north guinea hills: Cecil Barfield is just a pseudonym. His real name is Robert Williamson. He was afraid that when he was recorded, he would lose his Medicaid if it was found he made a $. These recordings were made in the early '70s. (last track maria played)
	3:06pm Sean Daily: Second comment! Woo hoo!
	3:12pm annie: yes...
	3:12pm ytd: Late to hooray for the background play on that iphone app, no doubt. Hooray.
	3:17pm seang: Hi Maud if you're listening and thanks for the shout-out! I spent time in Gainesville too circa 1993-94
	3:18pm north guinea hills: Britten/McPhee's gamelon pieces were awesome. Seang, I was in Gainesville in 1994.
	3:21pm annie: irwin do you have the war prayer scheduled?
	3:24pm seang: yeah man, santa fe community college for one semester, then UF for one, and then left the summer of 94--the swamp!
	3:24pm north guinea hills: about 16 greats uncle was sir edmund halley, w/ whom i share a last name.
	3:25pm north guinea hills: in 1994, i was a freshman at UF, haha.
	3:25pm steveo: Davis is amazing; thanks Irwin!
	3:31pm annie: right on ngh!!
	3:37pm north guinea hills: Thanks annie!
	3:53pm annie: when we were children, back in the 50s, we had our grandparents player piano and probably over two hundred piano rolls..what great stuff..
	4:04pm bryn: great interview and story here - thanks muchly!
	4:11pm north guinea hills: I wish I could get my hands on a player piano and piano rolls. This interview is beyond amazing!
	4:21pm Dan B From Upstate: Fantastic interview. Thanks John and Irwin!
	4:29pm Becky H: What a fantastic lush musical landscape to my afternoon. Greetings from Southern California and thanks for the fantastic music, interviews and stories.
	4:46pm cheripi: I lost my 17 yr old cat recently, these last few songs, especially Lucifer Sam are very uplifting.
	4:49pm Sean Daily: Awright, the French "Whoop!" song.
	4:50pm north guinea hills: Sorry, cheripi, hopefully he/she will turn up soon. have a cheeryfullsome day!
	5:03pm CheriPi: Oh thanks north guinea hills , actually I lost her to the grim reaper. Some days are better than others.
	5:08pm Greg Simpson: Thanks for playing Disappears! Love that band.
	5:21pm Denise in Washington, DC: This song makes me think of poor Satan rolling around in a motorized wheelchair like Stephen Hawking's.
	5:23pm Pearly Sweets: After Jesus cold clocked Satan, he called him a pussy. I saw it. I saw it all.
	5:24pm PMD: @Denise, if that's the case, we can mess with the sound and make him sound like a weasly little boy (like the dogs in Up)
	5:27pm ginger tim: Hajdu's book, The Ten-Cent Plague, is about the demonization of comic books, not comic strips. Big diff!
	5:31pm Irwin: @GT: I get the diff, but the 7SD show description says "strips." I don't mess with Ken's knowledge base, even if it's erroneous.
	5:45pm PMD: I think I need some drugs to listen to the High Strung
	5:50pm annie: i tried to place that song... i knew i knew it!! what a great film!!
	5:55pm judy from croton: Oh, it's Baghdad Cafe! I watched "Ballad From a Sad Cafe a few weks ago agonizingly thinking this song was going to show up. Thank you Irwin. I love it, it's, well, timeless.
	6:00pm bundoon: Amandas momma should go easy on the tobasco + jalpenas
	11:32pm l: Happy birthday
	5:12pm tony hall: i am fully de;ighted to hear the sounds of blind tom. i saw his story on public television once, but this is the only other time i have seen mention of him any where. a true musical gem.

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Lee Morgan	Yes I Can, No You Can't (edit)	The Gigolo	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt	To Caravan and Brother Jim	The End of an Ear	0:03:52 (Pop-up)
Colin McPhee & Benjamin Britten	Pemungkah / Rébong / Gambangan	The Roots of Gamelan: The First Recordings	0:08:37 (Pop-up)

John Davis	Mark Twain Mazurka "Mark Twain Mazurka" by "John Davis"	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:17:34 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 1 "interview - part 1" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	0:20:14 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Mark Twain)	About Louis Moreau Gottschalk	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:30:10 (Pop-up)
John Davis	The Banjo (comp. Louis Moreau Gottschalk)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:31:33 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch)	My Father, Mark Twain	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:36:51 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Petite Sérénade Op. 1, No. 1 (comp. Ossip Gabrilowitsch)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:37:13 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 2 "interview - part 2" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	0:39:47 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Nearer My God to Thee (arr. Blind Boone)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:51:24 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Henry Holt)	Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:55:17 (Pop-up)
John Davis	The Rain Storm (comp. Blind Tom)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	0:55:40 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 3 "interview - part 3" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	0:59:53 (Pop-up)
John Davis (quoting Mark Twain)	from Alta California	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	1:05:09 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Battle of Manassas "Battle of Manassas" by "John Davis"	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	1:08:53 (Pop-up)

John Davis	interview - part 4 "interview - part 4" by "John Davis"	live in the studio	1:18:27 (Pop-up)
John Davis	Cyclone Gallop (comp. Blind Tom)	Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain and John Davis	1:21:25 (Pop-up)
Helena Mayer Ahearn (& Beth S.)	flying birds	nature	1:27:10 (Pop-up)
Old South Quartet	Pussy Cat Rag (for Willie, R.I.P.)	The Earliest Negro Vocal Quartets, 1894-1928	1:31:40 (Pop-up)
Rabbit Velvet (Danielle Kimak-Stauss)	The Sun Rose Grey	Crowds and Doves	1:34:06 (Pop-up)
Andrew Bird	Darkmatter "Darkmatter" by "Andrew Bird"	Armchair Apocrypha	1:38:51 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	Lucifer Sam (for Willie, R.I.P.)	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn	1:43:40 (Pop-up)
The Liminanas	Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue	TIM010	1:46:56 (Pop-up)

Rude Mechanicals	Like Magnetism "Like Magnetism" by "Rude Mechanicals"	The Cyclops and the Wildebeest	1:55:02 (Pop-up)
Disappears	Magics "Magics" by "Disappears"	Lux	1:59:24 (Pop-up)
John Prine	It's a Big Old Goofy World	The Missing Years	2:02:53 (Pop-up)
The James Gang	Midnight Man "Midnight Man" by "The James Gang"	James Gangs's Greatest Hits	2:08:09 (Pop-up)
The Black Keys	Tighten Up "Tighten Up" by "The Black Keys"	Brothers	2:11:09 (Pop-up)
Teenager	Alone Again "Alone Again" by "Teenager"	Thirteen	2:14:43 (Pop-up)
David Ingles and His Little Boy	Satan Has Been Paralyzed	Satan Has Been Paralyzed	2:18:33 (Pop-up)

Lee Morgan	Cunning Lee "Cunning Lee" by "Lee Morgan"	Caramba	2:25:49 (Pop-up)
Minisnap	Wintersweet "Wintersweet" by "Minisnap"	Bounce Around	2:32:02 (Pop-up)
Lucy Reed	Because We're Kids "Because We're Kids" by "Lucy Reed"	The Singing Reed	2:34:57 (Pop-up)
Beth Sorrentino	There In My Head "There In My Head" by "Beth Sorrentino"	Shut Up, It's Christmas (A Suddenly, Tammy! Holiday EP)	2:38:01 (Pop-up)
The High Strung	Childhood "Childhood" by "The High Strung"	Get the Guests	2:43:24 (Pop-up)

Javetta Steele	Calling You "Calling You" by "Javetta Steele"	Baghdad Cafe (soundtrack)	2:50:32 (Pop-up)
Amanda	Me Mama Fire Butthole "Me Mama Fire Butthole" by "Amanda"	The Hardly Brains Quartet vs. Amanda	2:55:29 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:03pm north guinea hills: Cecil Barfield is just a pseudonym. His real name is Robert Williamson. He was afraid that when he was recorded, he would lose his Medicaid if it was found he made a $. These recordings were made in the early '70s. (last track maria played)
	3:06pm Sean Daily: Second comment! Woo hoo!
	3:12pm annie: yes...
	3:12pm ytd: Late to hooray for the background play on that iphone app, no doubt. Hooray.
	3:17pm seang: Hi Maud if you're listening and thanks for the shout-out! I spent time in Gainesville too circa 1993-94
	3:18pm north guinea hills: Britten/McPhee's gamelon pieces were awesome. Seang, I was in Gainesville in 1994.
	3:21pm annie: irwin do you have the war prayer scheduled?
	3:24pm seang: yeah man, santa fe community college for one semester, then UF for one, and then left the summer of 94--the swamp!
	3:24pm north guinea hills: about 16 greats uncle was sir edmund halley, w/ whom i share a last name.
	3:25pm north guinea hills: in 1994, i was a freshman at UF, haha.
	3:25pm steveo: Davis is amazing; thanks Irwin!
	3:31pm annie: right on ngh!!
	3:37pm north guinea hills: Thanks annie!
	3:53pm annie: when we were children, back in the 50s, we had our grandparents player piano and probably over two hundred piano rolls..what great stuff..
	4:04pm bryn: great interview and story here - thanks muchly!
	4:11pm north guinea hills: I wish I could get my hands on a player piano and piano rolls. This interview is beyond amazing!
	4:21pm Dan B From Upstate: Fantastic interview. Thanks John and Irwin!
	4:29pm Becky H: What a fantastic lush musical landscape to my afternoon. Greetings from Southern California and thanks for the fantastic music, interviews and stories.
	4:46pm cheripi: I lost my 17 yr old cat recently, these last few songs, especially Lucifer Sam are very uplifting.
	4:49pm Sean Daily: Awright, the French "Whoop!" song.
	4:50pm north guinea hills: Sorry, cheripi, hopefully he/she will turn up soon. have a cheeryfullsome day!
	5:03pm CheriPi: Oh thanks north guinea hills , actually I lost her to the grim reaper. Some days are better than others.
	5:08pm Greg Simpson: Thanks for playing Disappears! Love that band.
	5:21pm Denise in Washington, DC: This song makes me think of poor Satan rolling around in a motorized wheelchair like Stephen Hawking's.
	5:23pm Pearly Sweets: After Jesus cold clocked Satan, he called him a pussy. I saw it. I saw it all.
	5:24pm PMD: @Denise, if that's the case, we can mess with the sound and make him sound like a weasly little boy (like the dogs in Up)
	5:27pm ginger tim: Hajdu's book, The Ten-Cent Plague, is about the demonization of comic books, not comic strips. Big diff!
	5:31pm Irwin: @GT: I get the diff, but the 7SD show description says "strips." I don't mess with Ken's knowledge base, even if it's erroneous.
	5:45pm PMD: I think I need some drugs to listen to the High Strung
	5:50pm annie: i tried to place that song... i knew i knew it!! what a great film!!
	5:55pm judy from croton: Oh, it's Baghdad Cafe! I watched "Ballad From a Sad Cafe a few weks ago agonizingly thinking this song was going to show up. Thank you Irwin. I love it, it's, well, timeless.
	6:00pm bundoon: Amandas momma should go easy on the tobasco + jalpenas
	11:32pm l: Happy birthday
	5:12pm tony hall: i am fully de;ighted to hear the sounds of blind tom. i saw his story on public television once, but this is the only other time i have seen mention of him any where. a true musical gem.

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