August 16, 2008 - Also sprach an eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani Freekick!

Allen Ginsberg said it best in his epic poem Howl:

"...to recreate the syntax and measure of poor human prose and stand before you speechless and intelligent and shaking with shame, rejected yet confessing out the soul to conform to the rhythm of thought in his naked and endless head, the madman bum and angel beat in Time, unknown, yet putting down here what might be left to say in time come after death, and rose reincarnate in the ghostly clothes of jazz in the goldhorn shadow of the band and blew the suffering of America's naked mind for love into an eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani saxophone cry that shivered the cities down to the last radio with the absolute heart of the poem of life butchered out of their own bodies good to eat a thousand years."

But did you hear the radio show yet? You had to have heard, or you need to hear Girl Talk, Mark Ronson, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, Eumir Deodato, Isaac Hayes, Far Corner, Quiet Sun, Balkan Journeys, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Pascal Comelade, Les Charbonniers de l'enfer, Ken Nordine, Harry Belafonte, The Jolly Boys, The Specials, Bob Marley & the Wailers, The Slits, Madness, The Unsettlers, Spinal Tap, Richard Cheese, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, SRC, Simply Saucer, Holy Fuck, Peaches, 999, and Legion of Green Men all mixed up in the same two hours.

Get 'em while they're hot:

• OK quality 64 kbps (about 55 MB)

Next week's Freekick radio show is Saturday, August 30 from around 9 to 11 PM eastern on CKUT 90.3 fm. Don't miss it, Shawn is flying solo once again - be there or be where?! In the meanwhile, check out these cool vids from the Freekick Video Lounge!

• Chef, what's a Prostitute? - R.I.P. Isaac Hayes
• Fibinacci Numbers by Ken Nordine
• Far Corner live improv on WMSE radio Milwaukee, WI. (excerpts)
• Musafir - Gypsies of Rajasthan & Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
• 999 - Emergency

Food for thought...

• Kevin Kelly on the future of the web
  

August 2, 2008 - A freely flowing Freekick for all!

Freekick,
Freekick bo Breekick,
Bonana fanna fo Freekick,
Fee fy mo Mreekick,
Freekick!

Last week's show featured such luminaries as Carl Stalling, Jaylib, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Moussa Doumbia, Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes, Voices of Conquest, Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Kid Koala, Tom Zé, Cravo Carbono, Zaman 8 & Hafez Modir, A Barca Do Sol, BLK JKS, The Stooges, Alvarius B, Sea of Song Trio, Rob Clutton, Sun Ra and his Arkestra, Gwar, Iggy Pop, The Godz, Kool Ade Acid Test, Mardi Gras.BB, Brigitte Fontaine, Ohrenpeyn, and Maxime de la Rochefoucauld. Get your copy before they're gone!

• OK quality 64 kbps (about 55 MB)

Or just stream it from the CKUT archives page: ask for the show for Sat August 2, from 21:00 - 23:05.

Next week's Freekick is Saturday August 16 from around 9 to 11 PM eastern on CKUT 90.3 fm. Don't miss it, Shawn is flying solo and promises to have a whoopin' show for you! Check out these vids from the Freekick Video Lounge for some hints into what will be played, as well as some props to last week's show!

• Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
• Iggy Pop - Loco Mosquito (truly bizarre rare video...)
• BLK JKS AT HARRIET'S ALTER EGO IN BROOKLYN, NY
• Cheech & Chong - Basketball Jones
• 'Mardi Gras bb meets Charlie Chaplin'

Special feature - Candy for your brain:

• Susan Blackmore: Memes and "temes"