November 29, 2009 - Freekick is not a Machine
"Discom-bobulated" is a word that has been used to describe the sound of Free Kick's radio presence on last Sunday's show. Who am I to argue? Both Swan and myself are currently feeling the pressures of a grad school system that seeks to turn us into assignment-spewing automatons. But we are NOT typewriters, nosirree! To prove this, we managed to make it into the CKUT studios on time, flick the correct switches and turn the required knobs to deliver another batch of musical goodness to you dear listeners, including sounds by the likes of:

Big Star, Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Eddie Gale, Anne Briggs, Pernambuco do Pandeiro e Seu Regional, Eddy Manson His Orchestra and Harmonica Section, Sam Louis & The Witnesses (Louis Prima), Spike Jones, Alexandra & The Herrings, B-52's, Oingo Boingo, Bonzo Dog Band (some of whom are pictured here), Aut'Chose, Hedzoleh Sounds, Jonathan Kane, György Ligeti/Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg, The Stanley Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, The Boredoms, Iggy Pop, Black Flag, The Last Poets, Alamaailman Vasarat, and Argentinisches Tango-Orchester Oscar Roma!

This can all be easily verified by downloading an mp3 of the show for review:

• 64 kbps, 55 MB

Or go to the CKUT archives page and stream the show from Sunday Nov. 29, 11:00 to 13:01.

Check us out again next Sunday Dec 6 from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm & hear for yourself how we maintain our composure and dignity...

ciao
Dave

PS stay tuned, for the VIDEO LOUNGE begins right here and now:

• Love Is All by Eddie Gale
• Last Poets with Pharoah Sanders
• Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Urban Spaceman
• SPIKE JONES & CITY SLICKERS - COCKTAILS FOR TWO - 1945
• Aut' Chose - Le Freak de Montréal
• Jonathan Kane's FEBRUARY - Gripped
• Black Flag - Machine
• Alamaailman Vasarat - The Puebla incident

November 22, 2009 - Mucha Freekick-a

Giant speakers from CKUT 90.3 FM are pounding in my head! Must turn volume down and return to work. Freekick is much too entertaining to get any work done around here.

If you listened to last week's show, you heard from Petra Haden, Roland Kirk, Ali Akbar Khan (tabla: Mahapurush Misra), Klaxon Gueule, Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen, Fool's Gold, Tom Verlaine, Condition, Esquivel, Pascal Comelade, Martin Tétreault, Jackie Mittoo, Kan Mikami, John McLaughlin, Geordie Haley, Shalabi Effect, Risto, OOIOO, Toykult, O Positive, Roxy Music, Vlor, Silver Apples, and Moodring.

You can always listen to the show now by clicking away...

• 64 kbps - about 55 MB

Or simply go directly to CKUT archives page and download from 11.01 to 13.00.

Please join us again next Sunday, November 29 from 11 am to 1 pm!

swan

Please take a few moments to browse through
THE FREEKICK VIDEO LOUNGE!

• Petra Haden and the Sell Outs - I Can See for Miles
• Sam Shalabi & Josh Stevenson - Live in Vancouver 2009
• 三上寛 (Kan Mikami) - 夢は夜ひらく (Live　2009.08.30 ＠TEN-ROKU)
• Ali Akbar Khan - Raag Shree - 1/2
• Ali Akbar Khan - Raag Shree - 2/2
• OOIOO - On Mani - 1/3
• OOIOO - Shizuku Ring Neng - 2/3
• OOIOO - I.O.A (ina吹くの森〜)LOKE KIKA -　3/3
• Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen - Inspiration Information 4 Interview

November 15, 2009 - Sunday Kicking

On most Sundays you will find families exploiting bunny rabbits and either kicking around a record or flying whales. There is a running track that encircles the entire solar system. A great place for listening to CKUT 90.3 FM on a sunny day. With stunning views of planetary debris in the Martian area of the solar system, the asteroid belt is a great place to get away. The park has easy access. You just need to take either the interplanetary shuttle from the surface of Mars or Phobos City bus # 21 from Planet-side Station.

If you went last week, you may have heard last week's edition of the Freekick radio show featuring such legendary artists as Alton Ellis, Roland Kirk, Earl King, Lee Dorsey, James Booker, Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Elvis Costello, Kasai Allstars, Halabisky's Uprising, Juzoas Milasius, Tonstarttsbandht, King Khan & the BBQ Show, Bloodshot Bill, Lake of Stew, Ken Nordine, Sir Richard Bishop, Neil Young, Patrick J. Touhey, Pinpeat Orchestra of the Cambodian Royal Ballet/Choirs of the Cambodian Royal Palace, Mi Ami, Can, Joe Meek & The Blue Men, Raymond Scott, Magazine, Neal Morgan, Godz, Theresa Transistor, and Sixtoo.

You can always listen to the show now by clicking away...

• 64 kbps - about 55 MB

Or simply go directly to CKUT archives page and download from 11.01 to 13.00.

Please join us again next Sunday, November 22 from 11 am to 1 pm!

swan

Before you go, take some time to enjoy selections from
THE FREEKICK VIDEO LOUNGE!

• Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony
• COUNT OSSIE AND THE MYSTIC REVELATION 1974
• The Royal Ballet of Cambodia
• King Khan and the BBQ Show
• Howard Devoto (Magazine) - Permafrost
• Kasai Allstars - Mpofu (The Blind Man)
• Lester Bangs in action

November 8, 2009 - Last Minute Kick
OK, we may have been down to the wire in preparing for last Sunday's show, but in the end I think we delivered a winner ... hope you agree!

This edition of the Free Kick included sounds by the likes of:
The Kinks, Roland Kirk, Ramsey Lewis, Sun Ra and his Astro-Infinity Arkestra, Triptych Myth (Cooper-Moore/Tom Abbs/Chad Taylor), Opondo Mugoye, The Uhuru Dance Band, Chet Atkins & Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, Ennio Morricone, Louis Prima, Mulatu Astatqé, Bebo & Cigala, Goran Bregovic, Silvio Rodríguez , Mongo Santamaria y sus Ritmos Afro-Cubanos, Luc Ferrari, Blues Control, Epic Soundtracks, Swell Maps, Alarm Will Sound, Wondeur Brass, David Ryshpan, Wop-Pow-Wow, Giri Kedaton, & Maxime de la Rochefoucauld!

If you want to check it out again, just download the show:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)

Or you can stream it easily from the CKUT archives page: you'll want the show from Sunday Nov. 8, 11:00 - 13:02.

Please join us again next Sunday, Nov 15 from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm!

Dave

and, you guessed it, here comes the Freekick Video Lounge!!! Go on and get bug-eyed!

• sun ra - satellites are spinning
• Mongo Santamaria - Leah
  
• Giri Kedaton - Cendrawasih
• Underground Kusturica - Wedding scene
• Wes Montgomery - 'Round Midnight (1965)
• Alarm Will Sound

November 1, 2009 - Freekick de los muertos

Freekick goes to cemeteries to communicate with the souls of the departed, and builds private altars, containing the favorite CKUT radio shows, as well as songs and memorabilia, of the departed. The intent is to encourage visits by the listeners, so that the listeners will hear the music and the comments of the programmers directed to them. Celebrations can take a humorous tone, as Freekick remembers funny events and anecdotes about the departed.

This week's show featured The Skatalites, Roland Kirk, Pharoah Sanders, Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, Warsaw Village Band, Climax Golden Twins, Sun City Girls, Kevin Blechdom & Eugene Chadbourne, Kids Eat Crayons, The Pixies, Jan & Dean, Deja Voodoo, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Ivor Cutler, R. Stevie Moore, Country Teasers, Kathy Kennedy, Martin Tétreault/Otomo Yoshihide, Violeta Parra, Szíami, Curtis Mayfield, L. Shankar and Frank Zappa, Ska Cubano, Mr. Bungle, and Jackie Mittoo.

Relive this experience by listening to the show:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)

Or stream it from the CKUT archives page: you'll be wanting the show from Sunday November 1 from 11:00 to 13:00.

Listen to the Freekick again next Sunday, November 8, at 11 am on CKUT 90.3 fm.

Don't forget to spend a bit of time in the Free Kick Video Lounge:

• R. Stevie Moore - Why Should I Love You? (1987)
• COUNTRY TEASERS AT THE HEMLOCK TAVERN S.F. 2005?
  
• Sziámi - 100 bolha
• Warsaw Village Band - Cranes
• Steve Roden & Climax Golden Twins / sound. at the Schindler House
• Ska Cubano a Latinoamericando Expo 2009
• Mr Bungle - Air Conditioned Nightmare