WFMU: Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from July 15, 2023

Listener comments!
	12:06pm Krys O.: Good afternoon and welcome! Hope you enjoy the show.
	1:01pm tom tom the pipers son: hi krys, hope you're having a nice day...
	1:02pm Kat in the chat: Made it back from the laundromat just in time to catch the show live for a change
	1:02pm Krys O.: Hey, tom tom! Nice to see ya! Hope you stick around for the ride.
	👻 1:02pm fred: I don't know anything about Samm Bennett, so I'm very excited about this
	1:02pm Krys O.: Dearest Kat! Howdy! So glad to have you here.
	1:03pm Krys O.: Hello, Fred! Samm has been all over the musical and global map.
	👻 1:03pm WR: Hi Krys and folks. Listening while paying bills.
	1:04pm Krys O.: WR, my friend! Glad you're hearing this.
	1:04pm Kat in the chat: I saw Samm play back in my 90s NYC days, with The Kropotkins
	1:05pm Krys O.: ↳ Kat in the chat @1:04 Excellent!
	1:07pm tom tom the pipers son: samm bennett was prominent in l.e.s. improv scene in the late 80's / 90's playing mostly percusson... correct? that's what i seem to remember
	1:08pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:07 That's right.
	1:10pm Kat in the chat: Still has a bit of a southern accent, I love it
	1:11pm Krys O.: ↳ Kat in the chat @1:10 Indeed.
	1:18pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Direct Dial Dirge" by "Semantics" thought that was eugene chadbourne's guitar in background, but no it was elliot sharp
	1:19pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:18 Correct.
	1:21pm Mr Fab: Hey Krys n the crew! As a fan of all things Mulatta Records, I know the Kropotkins, but otherwise this is all new to me.
	1:22pm Krys O.: Hiya, Mr. Fab! Good to see you.
	1:22pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:19 skronk-a-likes;)
	1:23pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:22 Ha!
	1:31pm tom tom the pipers son: seems with samm bennett's background w/ traveling and all was different from many of the other l.e.s. improv musicians and that nyc wasn't his ultimate destination just another step along the way
	👻 1:32pm WR: ↳ Song: "(untitled improvisation)" by "Cooper Frith Marcla... Hah! You faked us out. Talking with Samm about Hartford and The Dillards and then hit us with this improv track.
	1:34pm tom tom the pipers son: stephane stone played at my wedding... standards on the piano
	1:34pm Krys O.: ↳ WR @1:32 Well, WR. I considered it, but you really can't discern Samm's congas in the song and there just wasn't enough time.
	1:37pm Krys O.: ↳ WR @1:32 Here's that song to listen later: youtu.be...
	1:40pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:31 just a thought, could be off base
	👻 1:42pm WR: ↳ Krys O. @1:37 thanks, I was just teasing, since it is an atypical aside for his work.
	👻 1:45pm fred: ↳ Song: "(untitled improvisation)" by "Cooper Frith Marcla... Is there anyone Fred Frith hasn't played with?
	1:47pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:45 Could be a short list. Frith had a monthly guest spot on Jim Price's show on WFMU in the 80s. Jim also had Peter Blegvad as a guest as well.
	1:53pm tom tom the pipers son: seems like he was thinking of purple rose of cairo
	1:55pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:53 Ah, yes. That's it! The nervousness made my brain check out. :\|
	1:56pm tom tom the pipers son: but woody allen wasn't in it, it was jeff daniels that was popping in and out of movie
	1:57pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:56 Yup
	👻 2:02pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @1:47 I do have a Jim Price T-shirt. I should wear that the next time Fred Frith stops by
	2:02pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:02 Great!
	2:05pm Sem: ↳ Krys O. @2:02 Hello, Krys, and freeformers. fred: I have the Jim Price pencil t-shirt.
	2:05pm Krys O.: Sem!! Welcome!
	👻 2:09pm fred: ↳ Sem @2:05 That's the one I was thinking about. Though, to be honest, I'll probably not remember to wear it before I'm at the show. I have more than 150 WFMU T-shirts, so I usually don't think about which one I'll wear
	2:12pm Mike Rogers: Hi Krs-O san!
	👻 2:12pm fred: ↳ Song: "Curious Little Smile" by "Samm Bennett" I like this a lot
	2:12pm Krys O.: Howdy, Mike! I'm featuring Tokyo-based Samm Bennett.
	2:14pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:12 I just discovered the Polarity-Avant Division on Samm's Bandcamp. It's great. Also love the music he made with his wife Haruna Ito in the duo SKIST which is coming up soon.
	2:27pm Kat in the chat: Oh wow I’ve never heard any SKIST, I really like this
	2:27pm tom tom the pipers son: very uninflected voice, nice
	2:27pm Krys O.: ↳ Kat in the chat @2:27 Truly great.
	👻 2:27pm fred: ↳ Song: "Restoration of Water" by "SKIST" I like this too, I hope they eventually release another one
	2:27pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:27 :)
	2:29pm Sem: Diggin' this whole thing. Glad to have tuned in, Krys.
	2:29pm Krys O.: Thanks, Sem.
	👻 2:36pm fred: I'd love to hear that!
	👻 2:39pm fred: ↳ fred @2:36 (I meant with Sainkho Namtchylak)
	2:40pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:39 I got that. Same.
	2:41pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Krys O and thrill seekers. 🎢
	2:41pm Krys O.: Hi, Ken!
	2:45pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:39 Found this, Fred: www.discogs.com...
	👻 2:49pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:45 Thanks, of course Dan Bodah played a track from it
	2:49pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:49 Cool
	2:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks for this krys!
	2:52pm lower case erik vt: Heya 👋 Krys (et al) : been happily listening … yet unfortunately have missed some content today. Could you remind when y’all recorded this interview - thanks ! Yay 😃
	2:53pm Krys O.: ↳ lower case erik vt @2:52 Hi, Erik! The interview was done on the 4th of July. The archives will be up in a few hours.
	2:54pm weirds: Nice groovy f***** tune!
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by and to everyone who will be listening to the archive in the future. Take care!
	2:55pm Kat in the chat: That was terrific, Krys
	2:55pm weirds: What a freaking great show today!
	2:56pm Sem: Thanks, Krys, see you next time.
	2:56pm lower case erik vt: Always loved the recordings & groups Sam B. was involved with - lost track as of the last 15 years or so ! Thanks again for this diverse overview and Wonderful musicians career !!!
	2:57pm Krys O.: Thank you, all! I profusely apologize for all the gaffes. I'm such a novice. :P
	👻 2:58pm WR: Thank you! Krys!

Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from July 15, 2023

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Musique concrète to Beautiful Music and everything in between. All styles served here. Laissez-faire free-form!

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July 15, 2023: A Conversation with Samm Bennett: Musician, Songwriter, Storyteller

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Semantics	Direct Dial Dirge "Direct Dial Dirge" by "Semantics"	Semantics	Rift Records	1986		0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 1 "Interview pt. 1" by "Samm Bennett"				Recorded July 4th, 2023	0:05:41 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	I've Run Away with the Circus		Polarity Records	2021	Bandcamp link	0:13:32 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 2 "Interview pt. 2" by "Samm Bennett"					0:18:27 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Swamp Root Liver Cure	I Need to Talk to You	Polarity Records	2021	Bandcamp link Samm Bennett: vocal, udu drum, and kologo (2-stringed, gourd-resonator instrument from Ghana)	0:22:27 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 3 "Interview pt. 3" by "Samm Bennett"					0:26:52 (Pop-up)
Cooper Frith Marclay Bennett	(untitled improvisation)	Tellus #15: The Improvisors	Tellus	1986	Lindsay Cooper - reeds, Fred Frith - electric guitar, etc., Christian Marclay - turntables, Samm Bennett - drums Excerpts from The Stephanie and Irving Stone Festival of Improvisors recorded at Roulette, NYC on November 8, 9, and 10, 1985.	0:29:13 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 4 "Interview pt. 4" by "Samm Bennett"					0:37:26 (Pop-up)
Chunk	Part of the Family "Part of the Family" by "Chunk"	Live at the Knitting Factory: Volume Two	A&M	1989		0:42:42 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 5 "Interview pt. 5" by "Samm Bennett"					0:46:10 (Pop-up)
Prof. Bennett	Hearsay "Hearsay" by "Prof. Bennett"	Prof. Bennett's House of Electro-Acoustical Mystery	Polarity Records	2020	Professor Bennett's House of Electro-Acoustical Mystery	0:55:34 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 6 "Interview pt. 6" by "Samm Bennett"					0:58:56 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Curious Little Smile		Polarity-Avant Division	2008	From the Polarity-Avant Division Bandcamp link Polarity-Avant Division	1:10:07 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 7 "Interview pt. 7" by "Samm Bennett"					1:14:12 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	All Shook Up "All Shook Up" by "Samm Bennett"		Polarity Records	2010	Bandcamp link	1:19:24 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 8 "Interview pt. 8" by "Samm Bennett"					1:21:29 (Pop-up)
SKIST	Restoration of Water "Restoration of Water" by "SKIST"	Taking Something Somewhere	Polarity Records	2020	SKIST is Haruna Ito and Samm Bennett Bandcamp link	1:25:22 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett	Interview pt. 9 "Interview pt. 9" by "Samm Bennett"					1:29:39 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett and Daniel Baeder	On My Block Back in Brooklen	Read the Room	Polarity Records	2023	Bandcamp link	1:50:53 (Pop-up)

King Cake Baby	Don't You Just Know It				Videos and photos here: King Cake Baby at Polarity Records	1:56:04 (Pop-up)

Later on check out the archive of Samm Bennett
performing live on WFMU's Miniature Minotaurs
with Kurt Gottschalk from November 2013 Archive Link

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Listener comments!
	12:06pm Krys O.: Good afternoon and welcome! Hope you enjoy the show.
	1:01pm tom tom the pipers son: hi krys, hope you're having a nice day...
	1:02pm Kat in the chat: Made it back from the laundromat just in time to catch the show live for a change
	1:02pm Krys O.: Hey, tom tom! Nice to see ya! Hope you stick around for the ride.
	👻 1:02pm fred: I don't know anything about Samm Bennett, so I'm very excited about this
	1:02pm Krys O.: Dearest Kat! Howdy! So glad to have you here.
	1:03pm Krys O.: Hello, Fred! Samm has been all over the musical and global map.
	👻 1:03pm WR: Hi Krys and folks. Listening while paying bills.
	1:04pm Krys O.: WR, my friend! Glad you're hearing this.
	1:04pm Kat in the chat: I saw Samm play back in my 90s NYC days, with The Kropotkins
	1:05pm Krys O.: ↳ Kat in the chat @1:04 Excellent!
	1:07pm tom tom the pipers son: samm bennett was prominent in l.e.s. improv scene in the late 80's / 90's playing mostly percusson... correct? that's what i seem to remember
	1:08pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:07 That's right.
	1:10pm Kat in the chat: Still has a bit of a southern accent, I love it
	1:11pm Krys O.: ↳ Kat in the chat @1:10 Indeed.
	1:18pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Direct Dial Dirge" by "Semantics" thought that was eugene chadbourne's guitar in background, but no it was elliot sharp
	1:19pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:18 Correct.
	1:21pm Mr Fab: Hey Krys n the crew! As a fan of all things Mulatta Records, I know the Kropotkins, but otherwise this is all new to me.
	1:22pm Krys O.: Hiya, Mr. Fab! Good to see you.
	1:22pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:19 skronk-a-likes;)
	1:23pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:22 Ha!
	1:31pm tom tom the pipers son: seems with samm bennett's background w/ traveling and all was different from many of the other l.e.s. improv musicians and that nyc wasn't his ultimate destination just another step along the way
	👻 1:32pm WR: ↳ Song: "(untitled improvisation)" by "Cooper Frith Marcla... Hah! You faked us out. Talking with Samm about Hartford and The Dillards and then hit us with this improv track.
	1:34pm tom tom the pipers son: stephane stone played at my wedding... standards on the piano
	1:34pm Krys O.: ↳ WR @1:32 Well, WR. I considered it, but you really can't discern Samm's congas in the song and there just wasn't enough time.
	1:37pm Krys O.: ↳ WR @1:32 Here's that song to listen later: youtu.be...
	1:40pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:31 just a thought, could be off base
	👻 1:42pm WR: ↳ Krys O. @1:37 thanks, I was just teasing, since it is an atypical aside for his work.
	👻 1:45pm fred: ↳ Song: "(untitled improvisation)" by "Cooper Frith Marcla... Is there anyone Fred Frith hasn't played with?
	1:47pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:45 Could be a short list. Frith had a monthly guest spot on Jim Price's show on WFMU in the 80s. Jim also had Peter Blegvad as a guest as well.
	1:53pm tom tom the pipers son: seems like he was thinking of purple rose of cairo
	1:55pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:53 Ah, yes. That's it! The nervousness made my brain check out. :\|
	1:56pm tom tom the pipers son: but woody allen wasn't in it, it was jeff daniels that was popping in and out of movie
	1:57pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:56 Yup
	👻 2:02pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @1:47 I do have a Jim Price T-shirt. I should wear that the next time Fred Frith stops by
	2:02pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:02 Great!
	2:05pm Sem: ↳ Krys O. @2:02 Hello, Krys, and freeformers. fred: I have the Jim Price pencil t-shirt.
	2:05pm Krys O.: Sem!! Welcome!
	👻 2:09pm fred: ↳ Sem @2:05 That's the one I was thinking about. Though, to be honest, I'll probably not remember to wear it before I'm at the show. I have more than 150 WFMU T-shirts, so I usually don't think about which one I'll wear
	2:12pm Mike Rogers: Hi Krs-O san!
	👻 2:12pm fred: ↳ Song: "Curious Little Smile" by "Samm Bennett" I like this a lot
	2:12pm Krys O.: Howdy, Mike! I'm featuring Tokyo-based Samm Bennett.
	2:14pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:12 I just discovered the Polarity-Avant Division on Samm's Bandcamp. It's great. Also love the music he made with his wife Haruna Ito in the duo SKIST which is coming up soon.
	2:27pm Kat in the chat: Oh wow I’ve never heard any SKIST, I really like this
	2:27pm tom tom the pipers son: very uninflected voice, nice
	2:27pm Krys O.: ↳ Kat in the chat @2:27 Truly great.
	👻 2:27pm fred: ↳ Song: "Restoration of Water" by "SKIST" I like this too, I hope they eventually release another one
	2:27pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:27 :)
	2:29pm Sem: Diggin' this whole thing. Glad to have tuned in, Krys.
	2:29pm Krys O.: Thanks, Sem.
	👻 2:36pm fred: I'd love to hear that!
	👻 2:39pm fred: ↳ fred @2:36 (I meant with Sainkho Namtchylak)
	2:40pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:39 I got that. Same.
	2:41pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Krys O and thrill seekers. 🎢
	2:41pm Krys O.: Hi, Ken!
	2:45pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:39 Found this, Fred: www.discogs.com...
	👻 2:49pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:45 Thanks, of course Dan Bodah played a track from it
	2:49pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:49 Cool
	2:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks for this krys!
	2:52pm lower case erik vt: Heya 👋 Krys (et al) : been happily listening … yet unfortunately have missed some content today. Could you remind when y’all recorded this interview - thanks ! Yay 😃
	2:53pm Krys O.: ↳ lower case erik vt @2:52 Hi, Erik! The interview was done on the 4th of July. The archives will be up in a few hours.
	2:54pm weirds: Nice groovy f***** tune!
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by and to everyone who will be listening to the archive in the future. Take care!
	2:55pm Kat in the chat: That was terrific, Krys
	2:55pm weirds: What a freaking great show today!
	2:56pm Sem: Thanks, Krys, see you next time.
	2:56pm lower case erik vt: Always loved the recordings & groups Sam B. was involved with - lost track as of the last 15 years or so ! Thanks again for this diverse overview and Wonderful musicians career !!!
	2:57pm Krys O.: Thank you, all! I profusely apologize for all the gaffes. I'm such a novice. :P
	👻 2:58pm WR: Thank you! Krys!

Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from July 15, 2023

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