February 14, 2009 - Black Valentine
Yep, we enjoyed a double dose of specialness on the Free Kick show this week with Valentine's Day and Black History Month clamoring for attention. And on top of that, we just completed our third year as CKUT's biweekly Saturday night free form music show! All leading to x-amount of celebration.... As Shawn so thoughtfully put it: while we couldn't send flowers to great black music, we were able to pay it a lot of attention, and that's what really counts isn't it? As for our own birthday - well, just like every week, all we need is your company to make it a party. Listeners, thanks for being there!

The list of artists we lovingly showcased in this episode included: The Last Poets, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lee Dorsey, Staples Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Kool & the Gang, Otis Redding, The Cramps, The Wailers, Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Little Richard, Jackie & The Starlites, Screamin'Jay Hawkins, R.L. Burnside, Rufus Harley, John Coltrane, Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra, Louis Moholo Octet, Seu Jorge, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Abd Al Malik, DJ Rupture (vocals: Sister Nancy), Linton Kwesi Johnson, Mutabaruka, and Johnnie Osbourne.

Next show is Sat Feb 28 from 9-11 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm.

bye
Dave

****THE FREE KICK VIDEO LOUNGE ****

• The Staple Singers "When Will We Be Paid", 1971
• Ready, Steady, Go! Otis Redding Special Pt. 1
• Cramps at Napa Mental Hospital
• RL Burnside - Poor Boy
• Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow (1957)
• Jazz City TV presents "The Original Rufus Harley Story"
• Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch
• Sun Ra Arkestra - Chicago 1981 part 1 - part 2

January 31, 2009 - Better By the Pound
In our modest estimation, it was nothing but quantities of musical quality on last Saturday's edition of the Freekick show. We hope you concur! This spectacular show featured a cavalcade of stars, including:

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Rahsaan Roland Kirk (pictured here), Funkadelic, Orchestra Harlow, Cal Tjader and Eddie Palmieri, Alice Coltrane, Bumps Oakley, The Impressions, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Peg Leg Sam, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Quincy Jones (w/ Bill Cosby), The Stooges (Ron Asheton RIP), Vágtázó Halottkémek (VHK), Matching Mole, Pink Saliva, Harris Newman, Mardi Gras.BB, Arnaldo Antunes, Señor Coconut Vs Koçani Orkestar, Messer für Frau Müller, Tuomari Nurmio & Alamaailman Vasarat, Electricity (feat. Fire Eater), and Shalabi Effect.

That's it! The next show is February 14 from 9-11 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm. Shawn and I are counting on you to be there, so don't let us down.

Dave

PS: In the meantime, why not pull up a comfy seat in the

========> Free Kick Video Lounge

and enjoy some playlist-related fun:

• Grandmaster Flash - The Message (Live The Tube 1983)
• Roland Kirk Quintet - Fly Town Nose Blues @ Bologna 1973 pt1
• Nina Simone: Four Women
• Peg Leg Sam - Born For Hard Luck
• Iggy & the Stooges "1969" Live in Detroit 2004
  
• Vágtázó Halottkémek - Aláírhatatlan történelem (1992)
• Messer fur Frau Muller - Snow man