February 28, 2010 - Weh Mi Free Kick Deh
Be honest listeners, is we is or is we ain't among radio's most unwanted? Swan's presentation of scientifically determined "least liked music" at the end of last Sunday's show bore an eerie resemblance to many staples of your average Free Kick show... except perhaps for the rapping opera singer, something I can guarantee you will never hear again on the show (right, Swan?)

At any rate, my own qualitative research assures me that music featured in the rest of the show is highly regarded by a wide cross-section of the listening public. This included specimens by
John Coltrane Quartet, Roland Kirk, Cedric Brooks & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective, Mr. Peters and his Boom & Chime, Tinariwen, Blues Section, Pekka Streng, Invaders (South Africa), Chet Atkins & Les Paul, Chavela Vargas, Milky, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Pretty Things, Marc Almond, György Ligeti, Poapa and Pameok, ? (Aka Pygmies), Stars of Harmony, Komar & Melamid and Dave Soldier, and Johnny Osbourne!

Conduct your own study by reviewing the MP3 data at your leisure:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)

Or stream the show from the CKUT archives page... this one went from 11:00 to 13:03 on Sun Feb 28.

Join us again for more investigation into the boundaries of musical taste, next Sunday March 7 from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm!

ciao
Dave

.... but don't hurry away before dipping your toe into the healing waters of the FREEKICK VIDEO LOUNGE!

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless (1973)
• Berceuse 1 (Pygmées Aka) - Berceuse 2 - Berceuse 3
• Aryaut & Aniksak (Inuit throat singing game)
• Chavela Vargas - Macorina
• Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Birth of the Blues
• Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid - The Most Unwanted Music Documentary
  

February 21, 2010 - Strange Things
Strangely enough, I can't say that I noticed anything much out of the ordinary on last Sunday's edition of the Free Kick show - just the usual musical meshugas, though without the technical glitches to which I have almost become accustomed.

The musical roll call for this particular drill included: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roland Kirk, Junie, Traffic Sound, Slim Harpo, Bud Powell, The Barry Sisters (pictured here), Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle, Gitans de Sarajevo, Olli & The Bollywood Orchestra, Kal, Asha Bhosle, Yat-Kha, Roky Erickson, Carlos Gardel, Ray Anderson Han Bennink & Christy Doran, Die Trip Computer Die, The Fall, The Irish Rovers, Robert Hunter, Rolling Stones, Soup, The Dresden Dolls and Shalabi Effect!

Check it out again via the magic of mp3:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)

Or stream it from the CKUT archives page: the Sun Feb 21 show went from about 10:59 to 13:01.

Do check back with us again next week, Sat Feb 28 from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm! It just wouldn't be the same without you!

Dave

PS: And now the magic and mystery of the

$$$$ FREE KICK VIDEO LOUNGE $$$$

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head
• Bud Powell Trio - Anthropology
• ROKY ERICKSON - Don't Slander Me (1985)
• Amazing Carlos Gardel & Viejo Smoking
• Luke Kelly - Black Velvet Band
• KALINLONDON
• Yat-Kha - Uzhar LaBar
• Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy - Live at Bonnaroo
• Asha Bhosle- Live in Concert - Ajaa Ajaa

February 14, 2010 - Tiger Love

This weekend's edition of the Free Kick radio show celebrated the year of the tiger and the festival of love. So what better way to relive the day than to ride the tiger once again through the magic of internet.

Whether you listened live, or you decide to download the show, the show featured selections from: Miles Davis, Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics, The Plastic People of the Universe, Daevid Allen, Brian Eno, Momus, Ivor Cutler (& Phyllis April King), Pugh, Illés, Lata Mangeshkar, Ratchet Orchestra, The Damned, The Cockroaches, Mae West, Linda Yong and the Silvertones, Dengue Fever, Le Tigre, Prince, and Intercom...

To listen again, just download the mp3 of the show:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)
  

Or stream it from the CKUT archives page: you'll want the show from Sunday Feb 14, 11:00 to 13:00.

Tune in next Sunday for another swinging edition of the Free Kick show, on CKUT 90.3 fm from 11 am to 1 pm.

Swan

What would a visit to freekickradio.blogspot.com be without browsing through the Free Kick Video Lounge.

• Lata Mangeshkar - Main Piya Teri
• Ivor Cutler - I'm happy
• The Damned - Love Song
• The Cockroaches - You can't walk my walk
• Momus - I Want You, But I Don't Need You @ Bbmix Festival
• Daevid Allen of Gong @ Cafe du Nord, SF
• Prince - When Doves Cry
• Mae West - in Myra Breckinridge

February 7, 2010 - Kick After Kick
On this weekend's edition of the Free Kick show, Swan and myself gave 110%, trying to maintain a sense of heightened excitement while avoiding all NFL-themed selections and indulging in only the most general of sports metaphors. We hope you appreciated our efforts, no matter what type of football you prefer!

This time around we brought you selections from:
The Modern Lovers, Roland Kirk, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Cutlass Dance Band, Tonton Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz, Sexteto Machin, Robert Wyatt, Hermeto Pascoal, Babs Gonzales (pictured here), George Clinton feat. Ice Cube, Chokeules, The Wailers, Talibam!, Deerhoof, Howling Hex, Bob Cobbing, Faust, The Dirtbombs, Miles Davis, Richard Bliwas, Thongsai (?), Messer fur Frau Muller, Alejandro Franov, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Cyndi Lauper, and LSC...

To listen again, just download the mp3 of the show:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)
  

Or stream it from the CKUT archives page: you'll want the show from Sunday Feb 7, 11:00 to 13:01.

Join us next Sunday for what we hope will be another winning edition of the Free Kick show, on CKUT 90.3 fm from 11 am to 1 pm.

Dave

And now, exotic moving picture delights in the Free Kick Video Lounge ... please enjoy responsibly!

• Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
• Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz - Bimansha (Josky Kiambukuta) 1980 Abidjan 5 - do yourself a favour & check out the other parts of this great concert video (and many others) via Aboubacar Siddikh!
• Deerhoof "Twin Killers"
• The Dirtbombs - Ode to a Black Man
• Messer fur Frau Muller - The best girl in the ussr
• Babs Gonzales - WEIRD LULLABY (1947)
• OMD - Electricity (Live 1981)
• Choke - @ Rap Maudit (2008)

January 31, 2010 - Free Kick on the Main Line
Friends & neighbours! Are you befogged, bemused and bewildered? Are you besotted and bedeviled? Well I am here to tell you that every Sunday morning, you can call on Freekick to lend a hand & get you started on the road to recovery. Open your ears to your radio and we will help you get up, over and out!

Why, just last Sunday we brought you the musical healing powers of:
?, Roland Kirk, Johnny Osbourne, Big Youth, Albert Ayler (pictured here), Big Star, Johnny Cash, Lez Zeppelin, Stan Rogers, Lenny Bruce, Momus, The Smiths, TuNe-YaRdS, Holger Czukay, Charanjit Singh, Selda, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Wire, Ennio Morricone (vocal: Don Powell), SRC, Heldon, Patti Smith, Robert Charlebois, Grace Jones, and Jackie Mittoo.

Feel it again by downloading an mp3 of the show:

• 64 kbps (55 MB)

Or just stream the sounds direct from the CKUT archives page: ask for the slice from Sunday Jan. 31, 11:00-13:01.

And do join us again next Sunday Feb. 7 from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm. No one will be turned away!

Dave

PS: In the meantime, why not spend some time in the
F R E E K I C K V I D E O L O U N G E !

• Selda Bağcan - ADALETİN BUMU DÜNYA
• Holger Czukay "Ode to Perfume"
• Azioni II Gruppo di improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
• french film blurred WIRE rockpalast
• Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers
• Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy Live 2009
• Robert Service - The Cremation of Sam McGee
• SRC - Black Sheep Live 2003